Pearl, Matthew,
The last bookaneer Matthew Pearl. - New York : Penguin Press, 2015. - 389 pages ; 24 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 1594204926
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Manuscripts--Fiction.
Publishers and publishing--19th century--Fiction.
Samoa--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
The last bookaneer Matthew Pearl. - New York : Penguin Press, 2015. - 389 pages ; 24 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 1594204926
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Manuscripts--Fiction.
Publishers and publishing--19th century--Fiction.
Samoa--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.