Silver Nutmeg by Norah Lofts
Hardcover, 368pp, Fiction
Doubleday, 1947
Condition: used, book club edition. It is in acceptable condition with tanning of aging and edgewear. The pages are clean and tight. There is a name written at the top of the first page. There are small tears along the edges of the dust jacket. The picture is a scan of the actual book you will receive.
Synopsis: In the seventeeth century exiled Hollanders, going to far Pacific islands, made vast fortunes raising and selling nutmegs. It was a closely guarded monopoly, eyed with jealousy by the English and with hatred by the native slaves of the Dutch. Evert Haan, grown wealthy on black-market trading, sent to Holland for Annabet. When she arrived racked by rheumatic fever, he ordered her killed. But Annabet lived to recover her health and beauty and to find a dangerous love with Christy, and Englishman...
