Penguin Island in all its peculiar glory: this is the tale of the enchanted island island where the nearsighted Abbot Mael baptised penguins in error. These penguins ? posessed of Divine Grace by dint of baptism ? are remarkably like and unlike men; they rule the fictional land of Penguinia. (Jacketless library hardcover.)
Written in the style of a sprawling 18th- and 19th-century history book, concerned with heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism. It is about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed off the northern coast of Europe.
Written in the style of a sprawling 18th- and 19th-century history book, concerned with heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism. It is about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed off the northern coast of Europe.