Serpent in Paradise by Dea Birkett
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.Dea Birkett was born and raised in the south of England, and received her education in Edinburgh, London, and the United States. She is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the United Kingdom and the United States. Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers and Jella: From Lagos to Liverpool--A Woman at Sea in a Man's World, both published in the United Kingdom, are two of her works. She is based in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385488709 |
| ISBN 10 | 038548870X |
| Title | Serpent in Paradise |
| Author | Dea Birkett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Doubleday Books |
| Year published | 1997-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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