indigo girl

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1739. His father leaves sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas in charge of the family's three plantations in South Carolina, while he sets off to build a military career. Meanwhile, the situation on the plantations is heating up, unrest begins among the slaves, and Eliza's family is on the verge of losing everything. The girl finds out how much they pay for indigo dye in France. She is sure that this is the key to saving the plantations from ruin, but she does not meet with support even in her own family. Despite this, Eliza decides to act and concludes a dangerous deal for those times with one of the slaves: if he teaches her the thousand-year-old secret of making indigo, she will teach the slaves to read in return. Thus begins an amazing story about a girl who created a dye that became popular all over the world. A novel about love, a secret and dangerous friendship, about aspirations and sacrifices that have to be made on the way to the goal. A book based on real events, including letters from Eliza herself!

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Barcode: 9785171393069 SKU: 70155655 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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