Philippine Vol. 2: Souls on Fire; The Representative Man

Author:   Gérard A Besson
Publisher:   Paria Publishing Company Ltd.
ISBN:  

9789768244550


Pages:   460
Publication Date:   31 August 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Philippine Vol. 2: Souls on Fire; The Representative Man


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Book Second of the Philippine trilogy follows the lives of Dr. Jean-Baptiste Philip, the ""Free Mulatto"", a descendant of Jeannette and Honoré Philip of one of Book First. As one of the Souls on Fire of the early 19th century Romantic Movement, and as an alienist, Dr. Philip fought and won the first civil rights case in the New World on behalf of the free coloured people in Trinidad-an achievement that with emancipation benefitted the former slaves, and in the long run the entire population-while exploring the effects of colonial prejudice on the psyche of his people.Book Third is a biopic of Maxwell Philip, another descendant of the Philip family in Trinidad. He became ""The Representative Man"", a political and legal luminary of Port of Spain of the mid-19th century. In a delightful plot the author lets C.L.R. James ""discover"" Maxwell in his interviews with Captain Arthur Andrew Cipriani in the 1920s.

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Author:   Gérard A Besson
Publisher:   Paria Publishing Company Ltd.
Imprint:   Paria Publishing Company Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9789768244550


ISBN 10:   9768244550
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   31 August 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Born in 1942, Gérard Besson was an independent researcher and scholar in the area of History of Trinidad and Tobago. His oeuvre comprises many titles, both non-fiction and historical novels as well as works about folklore. Besson was the recipient of the Hummingbird Medal Gold of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and of an honorary doctorate of the University of the West Indies. He was the founder of Paria Publishing Company Limited. Besson died in 2023.

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