Seeking Robinson Crusoe

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pp. 353, “From one of our foremost travel writers and adventures comes an exiting journey into the history and myth surrounding Robinson CrusoeSeeking Robinson Crusoe explores the legend behind Danile Defoe’s classic novel, positing possible palces where this famous literary charcter could have been marooned. Furthermore it rexamines the claim that Crusoe was based a real life castaway, Alexamnder Selkirk. Effortlessly describing the tropical locales and the practicalities of island life, Tim Severin brings the fictional and the factual together, taking the reader on a voyage of unusual discovery. And, along the way, explodes some enduring myths.”

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Book Information

ISBN 0333905555
ISBN13 9780333905555
Number of pages 353
Original Title Seeking Robinson Crusoe
Published Date 2002
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First edition
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pp. 353, “From one of our foremost travel writers and adventures comes an exiting journey into the history and myth surrounding Robinson CrusoeSeeking Robinson Crusoe explores the legend behind Danile Defoe’s classic novel, positing possible palces where this famous literary charcter could have been marooned. Furthermore it rexamines the claim that Crusoe was based a real life castaway, Alexamnder Selkirk. Effortlessly describing the tropical locales and the practicalities of island life, Tim Severin brings the fictional and the factual together, taking the reader on a voyage of unusual discovery. And, along the way, explodes some enduring myths.”

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Weight 1.1 kg