Marguerite Poland: 4 books

Book cover of The Keeper
by Marguerite Poland
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014

When lighthouse keeper Hannes Harker is posted to a remote island with his young wife, he discovers something long-hidden in the tower that causes him to lose his footing and fall. Seriously injured, Hannes is evacuated to hospital and nursed back to health by Sister Rika, to whom he haltingly tells...
Book cover of Die Bewaker
by Marguerite Poland
Language: Afrikaans
Release Date: September 30, 2014

Vuurtoringwagter Hannes Harker word met sy jong vrou na 'n afgeleë eiland verplaas. Hy ontdek iets wat lank in die toring weggesteek was wat hom sy balans laat verloor, en hy val. In die hospitaal vertel hy met rukke en stote aan verpleegsuster Rika sy lewensverhaal – van sy ma se geheimsinnige...
Book cover of Schimmenspel

Schimmenspel

kroniek van een Zuid-Afrikaanse missiepost

by Marguerite Poland
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 3, 2015

Zuid-Afrika, 1898. De anglicaanse pastor Walter Brownley arriveert in St. Matthias, een missiepost aan de Oostkaap. Vol twijfels over zijn roeping heeft hij Engeland verlaten, maar op St. Matthias lijkt hij zijn bestemming gevonden te hebben. Charles Farborough, de missiepriester, is een zachtaardig...
Book cover of Taken Captive by Birds
by Marguerite Poland
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012

All my life I have been 'taken captive by birds'. Their doings are the thread that runs through childhood, the link to people and to place. Their appearance and their presence can at once recall a name, a scent, a morning full of song and exploration; an evening sorrow, a childhood fear. For, somehow,...
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