The Weavers
by Gilbert Parker
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"A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago", and 50 years ago would have been 1857. This is the story of a Quaker man from England who makes a journey to and India in the midst of violence and massacres. Gilbert Parker was not only quite a famous Canadian novelist (knighted in 1902 for his service to Canadian literature), but a University lecturer, an Australian newsman, and a Politician (member of the British House of Commons). The British Government used him extensively at the show more beginning of World War I to persuade America to take the British side. He was most famous for his stories of the Canadian wilderness, but this story of India is not to be sneezed at. show lessTags
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- Original publication date
- 1907
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- ISBNs
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