Written by: Maurice Shadbolt
Submitted By: Eugene Becconsall
Shadbolt presents his readers with wonderful and humorous images of colonial New Zealand, and in particular the New Zealand Wars fought between the native Maori and the English "Red Tribe". The House of Strife follows the fictional story of Ferdinand Wildblood, aka Henry Youngman, and his adventures with historic figures such as Robert Fitzroy and Hone Heke, the Maori war leader who innovated trench warfare in the 1840's. This book is part of a lose trilogy set in different parts of New Zealand.%100 Pure Green stone.
