The Teatime Islands
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9421089M
- ISBN-139780718145712
- ISBN-100718145712
- OCLC Control Number52455449
- LibraryThing1557530
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- Goodreads6149358
Classifications
- LCCG465
Description
Welcomed with open arms, derided as a pig-ignorant tourist and occasionally mocked mercilessly for his trouble, Ben Fogle visited the last flag-flying outposts of the British Empire.With caution, dignity and a spare pair of pants thrown to the wind, he set out to discover just exactly who would choose to live on islands as remote as these and - more importantly - tried to figure out exactly why. Landing himself on islands so isolated, wind-swept, barren and just damned peculiar that they might have Robinson Crusoe thinking twice, Fogle:- Almost becomes lunch on the appropriately named Carcass Island- Gets deported from Pitcairn for being both a spy and a smuggler- Uncovers the story of the tyrant who became St Helena's most unwilling and least popular guest- And witnesses a shark attack from a respectable distance.Why he went, what he did when he got there and how exactly he got back in one piece makes for an eye-opening but affectionate look into life in these unique, peculiar places.
Description
"Ben Fogle, pursuing a childhood dream, has travelled to meet the inhabitants of these wild places with evocative names like Tristan da Cunha, Ascension, Diego Garcia and Pitcairn." "Because of his own unique experience on Castaway 2000 he's been welcomed by these isolated, patriotic communities, sharing tea and scones under fading portraits of the Queen. Along the way, though, he's been threatened by elephant seals, witness to a shark attack, played bingo with Princess Anne, been pursued by the Royal Navy, and deported for Spying from Pitcairn, the remote Pacific home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers."--BOOK JACKET.
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