Abenteuer am Ende der Welt! Die faszinierende Geschichte einer einzigartigen, idyllischen fernen Insel durch zwei turbulente Jahrhunderte hinweg, mitreißend erzählt von Nicholas Shakespeare.

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves , winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Snowleg and The Dancer Upstairs , which was chosen by the American Libraries Association in 1997 as the year's best novel, and in 2001 was made into a film of the same name by John Malkovich. His most recent novel is Secrets of the Sea . He is married with two small boys and currently lives in Oxford. Klappentext Fascinating history of two centuries of this unique island. Encompasses a cast of unlikely characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland. ITV are considering making a series based on the book. Zusammenfassung In this fascinating history of two turbulent centuries in an apparently idyllic place, Shakespeare effortlessly weaves the history of this unique island with a kaleidoscope of stories featuring a cast of unlikely characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland, a village full of Chatwins and, inevitably, a family of Shakespeares.

Vorwort
'A beautiful affectionate portrait' Sunday Times

Autorentext
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Snowleg and The Dancer Upstairs, which was chosen by the American Libraries Association in 1997 as the year's best novel, and in 2001 was made into a film of the same name by John Malkovich. His most recent novel is Secrets of the Sea. He is married with two small boys and currently lives in Oxford.

Klappentext

Fascinating history of two centuries of this unique island. Encompasses a cast of unlikely characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland. ITV are considering making a series based on the book.

Zusammenfassung
In this fascinating history of two turbulent centuries in an apparently idyllic place, Shakespeare effortlessly weaves the history of this unique island with a kaleidoscope of stories featuring a cast of unlikely characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland, a village full of Chatwins and, inevitably, a family of Shakespeares. But what makes this more than a personal quest is Shakespeare's discovery that, despite the nineteen century purges, the Tasmanian Aborigines were not, as previously believed, entirely wiped out.