Dust and Diamonds
When Terry Hill and his family move to Zagreb, communism is history. Croatia is independent and hoping for better days. All might have gone well, had General Pantolic and other members of the new aristocracy not plundered the nations wealth. Soon, Croatias promising, democratic future looks as disheartening as the past. Applying for EU membership simply makes matters worse. Luka Tadic copes by exploiting the system. His brother seeks revenge. The British ex-pats fight culture shock and Jana Filipovic succumbs to threats. Loosely based on fact, Dust and Diamonds gives Croatian transition a truly human face.
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Dust and Diamonds
When Terry Hill and his family move to Zagreb, communism is history. Croatia is independent and hoping for better days. All might have gone well, had General Pantolic and other members of the new aristocracy not plundered the nations wealth. Soon, Croatias promising, democratic future looks as disheartening as the past. Applying for EU membership simply makes matters worse. Luka Tadic copes by exploiting the system. His brother seeks revenge. The British ex-pats fight culture shock and Jana Filipovic succumbs to threats. Loosely based on fact, Dust and Diamonds gives Croatian transition a truly human face.
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Dust and Diamonds

Dust and Diamonds

by Cordelia Whyte
Dust and Diamonds

Dust and Diamonds

by Cordelia Whyte

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Overview

When Terry Hill and his family move to Zagreb, communism is history. Croatia is independent and hoping for better days. All might have gone well, had General Pantolic and other members of the new aristocracy not plundered the nations wealth. Soon, Croatias promising, democratic future looks as disheartening as the past. Applying for EU membership simply makes matters worse. Luka Tadic copes by exploiting the system. His brother seeks revenge. The British ex-pats fight culture shock and Jana Filipovic succumbs to threats. Loosely based on fact, Dust and Diamonds gives Croatian transition a truly human face.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781465303387
Publisher: Xlibris UK
Publication date: 08/08/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
File size: 477 KB

About the Author

Born and educated in England , Cordelia Whyte has lived outside the UK for the last 35 years. She is a qualified teacher married to a British research scientist. In 1998, together with her husband and the two youngest boys, Cordelia moved to the amazingly beautiful, ex-communist country of Croatia where she and her husband still live.
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