Project Gutenberg 2016-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 65 Boldrewood, Rolf 1826 1915 Browne, Thomas Alexander "War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori Produced by MWS, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "War to the Knife; or, Tangata Maori" by Rolf Boldrewood is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative explores the life of Sir Roland Massinger, a young and cultured English squire who, facing personal tumult and the weight of his family legacy, chooses to leave behind his ancestral estate in Herefordshire for the allure and adventure of New Zealand. The book delves into themes of love, duty, and the quest for identity against the backdrop of colonial struggles. The opening of the story introduces us to Massinger Court, an impressive Tudor mansion in Herefordshire, detailing the breathtaking estate and its historical significance. As we meet Sir Roland, we learn about his past, particularly his relationship with the brilliant Hypatia Tollemache, who has firmly established her own path devoted to societal reform, which ultimately leads to his heartache. Caught between his responsibilities to his family legacy and his feelings for Hypatia, Sir Roland's dilemma drives him to make the drastic decision to emigrate to New Zealand, setting the stage for a transformative personal journey amidst the larger colonial narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New Zealand -- Fiction Maori (New Zealand people) -- Fiction PR Text Historical Fiction Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 789990 789993 2024-09-22T07:59:18.799241 2023-09-23T06:30:06.768615 text/html text/html 803208 2016-10-24T12:14:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 431479 2016-10-24T12:14:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 482267 2024-09-22T07:59:29.534203 application/epub+zip 481124 2024-09-22T07:59:20.391266 application/epub+zip 408860 2024-09-22T07:59:19.614275 application/epub+zip 685406 2024-09-22T07:59:36.231164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635029 2024-09-22T07:59:28.597228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563287 2022-09-24T08:29:45.750076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722979 722764 2024-09-22T07:59:17.119262 2023-09-23T06:30:04.945563 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 723173 2016-10-24T12:14:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 288246 2016-10-24T12:14:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18947 2024-09-22T07:59:36.614656 application/rdf+xml 17560 2024-09-22T07:59:19.724250 image/jpeg 2069 2024-09-22T07:59:19.669245 image/jpeg 429246 2024-09-22T07:59:18.876246 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia