Selkirk's Island  -  Diana Souhami

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Piracy and betrayal frame the epic story of solitary endurance that inspired Daniel Defoe's classic novel. Who was the real Robinson Crusoe? And what did he really experience during his solitary stay on a remote island in the Pacific? Diana Souhami's revelatory account of Alexander Selkirk's adventures on the high seas and dry land leads us to the answers to both these questions, and explores the reality behind the romance of privateering on the high seas.

Born to a poor Scottish family, Selkirk signed on wi...
2001 Taal: Engels zie alle details...
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2001 Uitgever: Phoenix 256 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0753813343 ISBN-13: 9780753813348