{"product_id":"the-larnachs-by-owen-marshall","title":"The Larnachs By Owen Marshall","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"l51uza\" data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"106\"\u003eA compelling New Zealand novel inspired by love, ambition, and tragedy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"898\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"841\"\u003eVery Good Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e – light shelf and edge wear visible, pages lightly aged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"suvfm0-vkx1p4-y7px2c-5k6gp0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBased on a real love triangle, this fascinating novel is by one of New Zealand's most-loved respected authors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'Dougie's story and mine is not told in the history of William Larnach. It is our private journey, and only we understand how it came about; only we know the fitness and the wonder of it.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e William James Mudie Larnach's name resonates in New Zealand history - the politician and self-made man who built the famous 'castle' on Otago Peninsula. In 1891, after the death of his first two wives, he married the much younger Constance de Bathe Brandon. But the marriage that began with such happiness was to end in tragedy. The story of the growing relationship between Conny and William's younger son, Dougie, lies at the heart of Owen Marshall's subtle and compelling new novel. The socially restrictive world of late nineteenth-century Dunedin and Wellington springs vividly to life as Marshall traces the deepening love between stepmother and stepson, and the slow disintegration of the domineering yet vulnerable figure of Larnach himself. Can love ever really be its own world, free of morality and judgement and scandal? Moving, thought-provoking and superbly written, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Larnachs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a memorable piece of fiction from one of our wisest authors.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"q4r66s-8dcfa2-xbqw0e-a9pxm2\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"xhwtkp-wsvw3i-8o5n3x-urfc25\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"oimey9-o0qdo-ffoijm-99ihcg\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"898\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932658647252,"sku":"TVJ-022126","price":10.35,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-022126-1.jpeg?v=1778648187","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/the-larnachs-by-owen-marshall","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}