{"product_id":"serpent-in-paradise-9780385488716","title":"Serpent in Paradise","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dea Birkett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.20w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385488716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDea Birkett\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in the south of England and was educated in Edinburgh, London, and the United States. She works as a freelance writer; her articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout Britian and America. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJella: From Lagos to Liverpool--A Woman at Sea in a Man's World, \u003c\/i\u003eboth of which were published in the United Kingdom. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44456467169395,"sku":"9780385488716","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_88d66638-1ec8-4362-bae1-b2df5011f9d6.jpg?v=1773750635","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/serpent-in-paradise-9780385488716","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}