Hiroona : an historical romance in poetic form / / Reverend Canon Horatio Nelson Huggins ; edited, with annotations and an introduction by Desha Amelia Osborne

• Autore: Huggins Horatio Nelson <1830-1895, >
• Pubblicazione: Kingston, Jamaica : , : The University of the West Indies Press, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Disciplina: 823.8
• Soggetto topico: Narrative poetry, English
• Soggetto geografico: Saint Vincent History Carib War, 1795-1796 Poetry
• Persona (resp. second.): OsborneDesha Amelia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Editing -- Introduction -- Original Foreword -- Original Preface -- Introduction -- Hiroona Discovered -- Canto I -- Early History of St Vincent -- Canto II -- Mutterings of Coming War -- Canto III -- French Intrigue and War Begins -- Canto IV -- A Carib Raid -- Canto v -- RanÈe -- Canto vI -- The Caribs Sweep All Before Them -- Canto VII -- Caribs Repulsed: Chetwayé Falls -- Canto VIII -- Victory Fluctuates -- Canto IX -- The War Continues. England's Star Ascending -- Canto X -- Events of the War: RanÈe Slain -- Canto XI -- Hiroona Falls -- Canto XII -- Hiroona's Doom -- Appendix -- The Holiday -- Notes -- Acknowledgements.
• Sommario/riassunto: With over nine thousand lines of rhyming verse, Hiroona: An Historical Romance in Poetic Form tells the fictionalized story of the "Second Carib War" of 1795-97 between Great Britain and the people then known as the Black Caribs with the aid of France.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hiroona
• ISBN: 9789766405717; 9766405719
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911026130103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II