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The Friar's Daughter: A Story of the American Occupation of the Philippines

by Charles Lincoln Phifer

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical24 chapters
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Length
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About this book

Amidst the twilight of Spanish rule in Manila, Ambrosia, the daughter of a friar, stands at a crossroads of tradition and revolution as her lover Camillo returns from exile to join the fight for Filipino freedom under the looming American occupation.

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Contents

24 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02“AND THE SUN COMES UP LIKE THUNDER.”
03LIBERTY’S CENTURY-OLD LOVER.
04WON BY A WOMAN.
05“BY THE DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT.”
06“CURSED WITH A CURSE.”
07FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE.
08SUBJECTED BY WORDS.
09THE MIGHTY DIPLOMAT.
10A LITTLE GAME.
11SECRETS.
12WHAT RUIN MEANS.

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