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Serpent in Paradise

By Dea Birkett

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Serpent in Paradise

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Lost in the surf of the South Pacific lies a speck of volcanic rock. Home to thirty-eight islanders--descendants of the Bounty mutineers--Pitcairn has no cars, no crime, no doctor, and no regular contact with the outside world. For two centuries, "Fletcher Christian's children," whose culture and language are a bizarre blend of Polynesian and eighteenth-century English, have lived out a unique social experiment. Acclaimed British travel writer and journalist Dea Birkett, obsessed like many with the island's image as a secluded Eden and its connection to the mysterious and intriguing Bounty legend, traveled across the Pacific on a cargo ship and became one of the very few outsiders permitted to land on Pitcairn. Although the islanders initially seemed welcoming, they soon wove her into a web of decades-old disputes and thwarted desires. With no means of escape, Birkett's adventure to the other side of nowhere at last became a kind of prison.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
326
Release Date:
1998-08-17
Publication Date:
1998-08-17
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0385488718
ISBN13:
9780385488716
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
409 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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