Robert A. Barnes Robert A. Barnes i(17269557 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Arthur Barnes)
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1 y separately published work icon Asunción Robert A. Barnes , Calwell : Australian Self Publishing Group , 2019 17269614 2019 single work novel historical fiction 'ONE MAN. ONE WOMAN. ONE COUNTY. TWO DESTINIES. Henry Blackwood, an orphaned 'New Australian' scraping out an existence on the docks of the Paraguayan capital, Asunción; a foreigner in his own country, struggling to find acceptance in the land of his birth. Liliana Maria Gabriela Martinez de Castro, a daughter of Asunción's strict Catholic upper class, coming of age in a time of war, revolution . . . and opportunity. Paraguay, a poor landlocked country constantly under threat from internal and external forces battling to control her. Asunción, Paraguay's sleepy, sun-baked capital where dreams are made and hopes destroyed. ARP Asunción, gunboat and the flagship of the nation, which bears witness to it all.'

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