WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1863209132

Mr. Allbones' ferrets : an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids

A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous voyage to distant islands. A literary sensation from New Zealand, Mr. Allbones' Ferrets introduces a stunning new writer to American readers. The winner of numerous literary awards in New Zealand, Fiona Farrell is poised to capture a whole new continent of fans with this latest book. A chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferret whisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce most dramatic and unexpected results. Mr. Allbones' Ferrets is an enchanting novel with a tender, unusual, and completely unforgettable love story at its center.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "A chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferretwhisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce dramatic and unexpected results."
  • "A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous voyage to distant islands. A literary sensation from New Zealand, Mr. Allbones' Ferrets introduces a stunning new writer to American readers. The winner of numerous literary awards in New Zealand, Fiona Farrell is poised to capture a whole new continent of fans with this latest book. A chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferret whisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce most dramatic and unexpected results. Mr. Allbones' Ferrets is an enchanting novel with a tender, unusual, and completely unforgettable love story at its center."@en
  • "Walter Allbones really existed. So did his ferrets. From these facts, Fiona Farrell has spun a delicate, satirical fantasy about human folly and the perils attendant on disturbing the subtle balance of nature."

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "New Zealand fiction"
  • "Love stories"

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Mr Allbones' ferrets : an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids"
  • "Les furets de Mr Allbones : roman historique, pastoral, satirique et scientifique, avec mustélidés"
  • "Mr. Allbones' ferrets : an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids"
  • "Mr. Allbones' ferrets : an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids"@en
  • "Mr. Allbones' ferrets"
  • "Mr. Allbones' ferrets"@en
  • "Mr. Allbones' ferrets : a pastoral, historical, satirical, scientifical, romance with mustelids"

workExample