Maori
Last updated November 1, 2026
Robert Coffin, a poor British coal miner's son, leaves his wife and baby in England to try his luck in 19th-century New Zealand. In Kororareka he prospers as a merchant, earns the Maori name Iron Hair, and takes an Irish mistress. Then his wife and son arrive unexpectedly, as conflict grows between the Maori and the settlers taking their land. Alan Dean Foster's historical novel, with touches of Maori magic, follows the family through decades of war.
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