Hell and Paradise (Author Signed)

Stock Code:
BAC7523
Price:
$35.00

Description

Hell and Paradise. The Norfolk - Bounty - Pitcairn Saga by Peter Clarke. Signed by the Author. On two specks in the vast Pacific Ocean, Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands, live the descendants of the most infamous mutineers in the annals of the sea. These people - the Christians, the Qunintals, the McCoys, the Adamses the Evanses - still speak their own language, a bizarre mixture of eighteenth century North Country English and eighteenth century Tahitian. The hub of Pitcairn is the town square in which is preserved the anchor salvaged from H.M.S. Bounty. The hub of Norfolk is a complex of superbly-preserved, convict-built structures - reminders of the most ghastly penal settlement in the history of the British Empire. These two islands share a legacy of Hell on a scale unique in history, interspersed with spells of Paradise which few mortals have experienced. The dust jacket has light general wear and there light age stains on the page edges but overall a very tidy copy.

Details

  • Author:
    Clarke, Peter
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    Viking / Penguin Books
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    Xtop
  • ISBN:
    0670815217
  • Size:
    4to
  • Pages:
    189
  • Publish Date:
    1986
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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