{"product_id":"equator-9780747596622","title":"Equator","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal's smallest colony, the island of S?o Tom? e Principe. Luis Bernardo is ill-prepared for the challenges of plantation life - used to a softer urban existence, he is shocked by the conditions under which the workers labour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the English closing in on S?o Tom?'s cocoa plantations, the island's main means of survival, Luis Bernardo must endeavour to protect the island and its community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiguel Sousa Tavares\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Oporto. He gave up a career in law to pursue journalism, after which he moved to more literary writing. He is the author of several books of non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEquador \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel, the product of a long period of maturation and historical research inspired by a complex chapter in Portuguese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460943646994,"sku":"9780747596622","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4cdcc61e-f820-47c7-a3c2-3427412a5543.jpg?v=1730050675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/equator-9780747596622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}