{"product_id":"philippine-vol-1-children-of-the-sun-paperback","title":"Philippine Vol. 1: Children of the Sun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG?rard A. Besson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a historical novel. This is a docudrama in book form. \u003cem\u003ePhilippine\u003c\/em\u003e traces the adventurous life of an 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century free coloured family in Grenada, Carriacou and Trinidad-with excursions into France, England and, aboard a French corsair raider, all over the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis, Book First of the trilogy that is \u003cem\u003ePhilippine\u003c\/em\u003e, captures the lives of the \"Children of the Sun\" of Jeanette, Free Negro Woman of Grenada, and her French husband Honor? Philip. In it, G?rard Besson places the various members of the Philip family sharply etched against the historical backdrop of the Revolutionary Atlantic, when the people of the Western World began to strain against the shackles of monarchy and servitude and the revolutions of France and South and North America, including Haiti and Grenada, uprooted the social order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe explore the lives and characters of each of Jeanette and Honor?'s children based on whichever historical evidence we have-e.g. for Judith, there is an abundance of record that demonstrates her success as a planter and business woman, as opposed to Nicolas-R?gis, where all we have is his will and wove a story around him with fiction and leaving the rest to the reader's imagination. Two other sons, Joachim and Honor? fils, gave their lives in the Fedon revolution; both were convicted and hanged for their principles in their attempt of an armed fight for the rights of the Free Blacks and People of Colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilippine demonstrates how a mixed-race, slave-owning family was able to navigate those turbulent times so successfully, especially as it regards the upward mobility of the mulatto woman: all three daughters of Jeanette's marry white men, but the sons marry black or coloured women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the interested reader, the historical documents were placed on G?rard Besson's blog \"Caribbean History Archives\" (see QR code).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 466\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773313909024,"sku":"9789768244512","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4d02a78e4baa7733557948996df0d13_101d3cad-3406-49b2-a196-cf20e69f5089.webp?v=1780424226","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/philippine-vol-1-children-of-the-sun-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}