Life in the East Indies
By: by W. H. Thomes
Series: Ocean life series
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Published: 1872
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Clergy; Juvenile fiction; Adventure stories; Voyages and travels; Slavery; Slave insurrections; National characteristics; Widows; Inheritance and succession; Romance fiction; Nature stories; Youth; Conduct of life; Catholic Church
Description: Against the exotic and dangerous background of Spanish Philippines, a Protestant American loves a married and later widowed Catholic Spanish lady. Two ambitious priests vie for control of the lady's wealth as a stepping stone to the bishopric.