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Abenteuer am Ende der Welt! Die faszinierende Geschichte einer einzigartigen, idyllischen fernen Insel durch zwei turbulente Jahrhunderte hinweg, mitreißend erzählt von Nicholas Shakespeare. 'A beautiful affectionate portrait' Sunday Times
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.

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Abenteuer am Ende der Welt! Die faszinierende Geschichte einer einzigartigen, idyllischen fernen Insel durch zwei turbulente Jahrhunderte hinweg, mitreißend erzählt von Nicholas Shakespeare. 'A beautiful affectionate portrait' Sunday Times
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.
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Nicholas Shakespeare
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The narrative is part Peter Carey, part Gothic novel, with plenty of drunkeness, torture,villainy and cannibalism to be aghast at. A fine travel book too Evening Standard