In 1895, Robert Wallis, a would-be poet, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorize the different tastes of coffee and encounters Pinker's daughters. Romance blossoms with Emily, but Robert is sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade. While there, he becomes obssessed with Fikre, a slave girl, and decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner--a decision that will change not only his life, but the lives of the three Pinker sisters.
"1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian & dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee & encounters Pinker's free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada & Emily. As romance blossoms with Emily, Robert realises that the muse & marriage may not be incompatible after all."
"In 1895, Robert Wallis, a would-be poet, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorize the different tastes of coffee and encounters Pinker's daughters. Romance blossoms with Emily, but Robert is sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade. While there, he becomes obssessed with Fikre, a slave girl, and decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner--a decision that will change not only his life, but the lives of the three Pinker sisters."@en
"It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters Pinker's free-thinking daughters. A romance blossoms with Emily, the youngest. Robert realises that the muse and marriage may be incompatible after all. Sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade, he becomes obsessed with a slave girl, Fikre. He decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner - a decision that will change not only his own life, but also the lives of the three Pinker sisters .."@en
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