The Southern Cross and Southern Crown: The Gospel in New Zealand (New Zealand Heritage Series) by Charlotte Tucker 1855

Writing under the pseudonym of A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England), Charlotte Maria Tucker was one of the most popular and prolific authors of Christian fiction in the 1800s. In this book she draws on notes from the Christian Missionary Society and a wealth of personal letters to give an account of the inspiring and successful work by Samuel Marsden and his team of missionaries in New Zealand from 1814 to about 1850. In her later life, the author worked as a missionary in India, where she continued to write and inspire the faith of thousands.

Excerpt: Since the death of Hongi, the love of war in this part of the country had appeared to be gradually dying away; but the sad affair at Kororareka, in 1830, had revived it; nor had it yet been again entirely extinguished. A spirit of revenge still burnt in the breasts of those chiefs who had found themselves the weakest ...  Even Tohitapu and Titore, lately so desirous for peace, were induced to join the fight. The Missionaries, finding it impossible to prevent this expedition, took the bold step of accompanying it, in the hope of at least mitigating the horrors of the war ...

150 page paperback, A5 size