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Beschreibung
At the end of the 19th century Finland is a dark and repressive place. Pacifist and political dissenter Karl Johan Back is conscripted to fight for the Russian despots that occupy his country. In 1899 he flees to an untamed land on the far side of the world. Finding refuge on ridges overlooking the Byron Bay lighthouse in northern New South Wales, he grows orchids and lush tropical fruit.

Intrigued by her ‘black sheep’ great-uncle, Ruth Bonetti pieces together the motives that propelled his flight. Finnish relatives share a treasure-trove of letters that provide answers to the many questions raised by Karl Johan’s quest for freedom.

Why did Russian military police pursue him as far as Suez? Why did he publish under a pen-name? And, most intriguing of all, why did he implore his family to burn his letters?
At the end of the 19th century Finland is a dark and repressive place. Pacifist and political dissenter Karl Johan Back is conscripted to fight for the Russian despots that occupy his country. In 1899 he flees to an untamed land on the far side of the world. Finding refuge on ridges overlooking the Byron Bay lighthouse in northern New South Wales, he grows orchids and lush tropical fruit.

Intrigued by her ‘black sheep’ great-uncle, Ruth Bonetti pieces together the motives that propelled his flight. Finnish relatives share a treasure-trove of letters that provide answers to the many questions raised by Karl Johan’s quest for freedom.

Why did Russian military police pursue him as far as Suez? Why did he publish under a pen-name? And, most intriguing of all, why did he implore his family to burn his letters?
Über den Autor
Ruth Bonetti grew up in the arid Queensland outback, intrigued by the
strange-accented relatives she met on holidays near Byron Bay. She preferred
Mozart to hillbilly music, books to horses. Ruth's gift for classical music
became a passport to the world.
Destiny led her to live in Sweden, directly across the Gulf of Bothnia from her
grandfather's birthplace in Finland, where she researched this story.
Ruth is author/editor of a dozen publications about music, education and performance,
five through Words and Music and two with Oxford University Press.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Burn My Letters
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780987544223
ISBN-10: 0987544225
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bonetti, Ruth
Hersteller: Words and Musica Bonetti
Burn My Letters
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Ruth Bonetti
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,365 kg
Artikel-ID: 103493933

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