{"product_id":"the-expatriates-by-martin-edmond-9781988533179","title":"The Expatriates","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe connection between a colony and its founder, centre and margin, is always paradoxical. Where once Britain sent colonists out into the world, now the descendants of those colonists return to interrogate the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Expatriates\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about four of these returners: Harold Williams, journalist, linguist, Foreign Editor of The Times; Ronald Syme, spy, libertarian, historian of ancient Rome; John Platt-Mills, radical lawyer and political activist; and Joseph Burney Trapp, librarian, scholar and protector of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese were men, born in remote New Zealand, who achieved fame in Europe—even as they were lost sight of at home. Men who became, from the point of view of their country of origin, expatriates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA writer of penetrating insight, Martin Edmond explores the intersections of past and present in the lives of these four extraordinary individuals. Their stories combine, in the hands of this award-winning writer, to a moving reflection upon New Zealand’s place in the world, then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854089900268,"sku":"9781988533179","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27769743482895.jpg?v=1759233777","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-expatriates-by-martin-edmond-9781988533179","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}