Rangatira : a novel

Morris, Paula

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Auckland, June 1886. Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu spends long sessions, over three long days, having his portrait painted by the Bohemian painter Gottfried Lindauer. Hearing of Lindauer's planned trip to England reminds him of his own journey there, twenty years earlier, with a party of northern rangatira. As he sits for Lindauer, Paratene retreats deeper and deeper into the past, from the triumphs in London and their meetings with royalty to the disintegration of the visit into poverty, mistrust, and humiliation. Based on a true story.
Location edition Bar Code due date
Library Office L016641
Genre:New Zealand Fiction
Dewey:F
call #:MOR
ISBN:0143565753 9780143565758
pub:2011