The Last Bookaneer /
Pearl, Matthew,
The Last Bookaneer / Matthew Pearl. - 389 pages 25 cm
As the 19th century draws to an end, two bookaneers are caught up in a colonial war on Samoa as they compete to steal Robert Louis Stevenson's last manuscript and make a fortune before a new international treaty ends the bookaneers' trade forever.
9781594204920 (hbk.) 1594204926 (hbk.)
2015460277
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Manuscripts--Fiction
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
1800 - 1899
Publishers and publishing--Fiction
Manuscripts.
Publishers and publishing.
Samoa--History--19th century--Fiction
Samoa.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
PS3616.E25 / L367 2015b
813/.6
The Last Bookaneer / Matthew Pearl. - 389 pages 25 cm
As the 19th century draws to an end, two bookaneers are caught up in a colonial war on Samoa as they compete to steal Robert Louis Stevenson's last manuscript and make a fortune before a new international treaty ends the bookaneers' trade forever.
9781594204920 (hbk.) 1594204926 (hbk.)
2015460277
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Manuscripts--Fiction
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
1800 - 1899
Publishers and publishing--Fiction
Manuscripts.
Publishers and publishing.
Samoa--History--19th century--Fiction
Samoa.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
PS3616.E25 / L367 2015b
813/.6