Rangatira : a novel / by Paula Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Te Manu, Paratene, -1896--Fiction.

Te Manu, Paratene.

Māori (New Zealand people)--England--History--19th century--Fiction.

Māori (New Zealand people).

New Zealand--History--19th century--Fiction.

New Zealand.

England.

Genre:

New Zealand fiction -- 21st century.

New Zealand fiction. -- 21st century.

Biographical fiction.

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

296 pages : map ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2011.

Summary:

"Based on a true story. Auckland, June 1886. Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu spends long sessions, over three long days, having his portrait painted by the famed 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."--Back cover.

Contents:

"Based on a true story."

Back cover.-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.

Notes:

New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012 Fiction Finalist.

Other Format:

Print version: Rangatira

ISBN:

9780143565758

0143565753

OCLC:

754921349

Publisher Number:

99993257976