Mandingo se desarrolla en la década de 1830 en el sur antes de la guerra, principalmente alrededor de Falconhurst, una plantación ficticia en Alabama propiedad del plantador Warren Maxwell. La narración se centra en Maxwell, su hijo Hammond y el esclavo Mandingo Ganimedes o Mede. Mandingo es una historia de crueldad hacia la gente negra de ese tiempo y lugar, que detalla el comportamiento abrumadoramente deshumanizante impuesto a los esclavos, así como las peleas viciosas, el envenenamiento y la muerte violenta.
Falconhurst Séries
Cette saga plonge dans les bas-fonds de la plantation de l'avant-guerre civile, Falconhurst, et de ses maîtres impitoyables, la famille Maxwell. Elle retrace leurs ambitions, leurs cruautés et le réseau complexe de relations qui ont défini la vie sur le domaine. Les récits explorent les luttes de pouvoir, les contraintes sociales et la condition humaine dans des circonstances oppressives. Cette série captivante offre un regard cru sur une période historique tumultueuse.
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Drum
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
The world of DRUM is a world of brutality, lust and miscegenation… where chained Negroes are sold like cattle…. Where prize specimens, male and female are chosen to work in exotic bordellos, and on slave-breeding plantations… where masters, drunk with the power of life and death, force their slaves to entertain them with unspeakable acts. Slaves and Masters... Tamboura-- born a prince in the jungles of Africa and sold into slavery; his beauty and nobility draw him into a forbidden alliance with blonde Alix, his owner's mistress. Alix-- a French countess, driven to become the most celebrated madam in New Orleans. Don Cesar-- an egocentric patrician whose wealth is the weapon he uses to turn whims into law. Drum-- son of Tamboura and Alix, who becomes the star performer in the mêlées given in his mother's brothel, and the most invincible prize-fighter in the South. Hammond Maxwell-- hates white women and black men, and owns the great slave-breeding plantation, Falconhurst, presided over by an elegant, enigmatic woman he acquires in a strange transaction. Drumson-- sold by his grandmother to sire slaves at Falconhurst, where the evils from the past and present explode in a thunderous slave uprising.
Flight to Falconhurst
- 382pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Black Man's Terror In A White Man's Body ...the violent, compelling story of a Falconhurst ex-slave who dares to pass as the white heir to a great Southern plantation. Against the savage backdrop of the South's infamous slave-breeding plantations, Flight To Falconhurst unfolds the turbulent drama of Calico, a handsome young Mustee, who embarks on a perilous impersonation, knowing that betrayal and death wait for him at every turn. Here is a powerful and lusty novel, written in the shocking, authentic tradition of Mandingo .