{"product_id":"books-serpent-in-paradise-by-dea-birkett","title":"Serpent in Paradise","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673113354513,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385488716_3706e0ed-73ba-4f7a-b6c7-f983c5025bf3.jpg?v=1781523189","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-serpent-in-paradise-by-dea-birkett","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}