Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE: 1910; CHAPTER TWO: 1913; CHAPTER THREE: 1915; PART TWO; CHAPTER FOUR: 1916; CHAPTER FIVE: 1917; CHAPTER SIX: LATE 1917 -- 1918; CHAPTER SEVEN: 1919; CHAPTER EIGHT: JULY -- EARLY AUGUST 1919; CHAPTER NINE: AUGUST, 1919; CHAPTER TEN: OCTOBER -- DECEMBER 1919; CHAPTER ELEVEN: JANUARY, 1920; PART THREE; CHAPTER TWELVE: JANUARY -- APRIL 1920; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MAY -- JULY 1920; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SEPTEMBER, 1920; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: OCTOBER 1920 -- APRIL 1921; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
When strangers invade her village in 1910, young princess Samarah's knowledge of English unwittingly contributes to her capture. Forced into a life of servitude on a plantation far removed from her homeland, Samarah struggles with losing the life and people she had known and loved. Her mother and Bintum - her childhood love who seeks and reunites with her at the plantation- offer a sense of the familiar until tragedy strikes leaving Samarah alone and angry. As the son of Samarah's employer, Mayne Patterson represents all that has caused pain, misery and uncertainty in Samarah's life. Mayne is.