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- Eight years of trouble in Samoa. E-book. Formato Mobipocket - 9788893155113
Eight years of trouble in Samoa. E-book. Formato Mobipocket - 9788893155113
Un ebook di Robert Louis Stevenson edito da Robert Louis Stevenson, 2015
- € 3.99
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is an 1892 historical non-fiction work by Robert Louis Stevensondescribing the contemporary Samoan Civil War.
Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and built a house at Vailima. He quickly became passionately interested, and involved, in the attendant political machinations. These involved the three colonial powers battling for control of Samoa - America, Germany and Britain - and the indigenous factions struggling to preserve their ancient political system. The book covers the period from 1882 to 1892.
The book served as such a stinging protest against existing conditions that it resulted in the recall of two officials, and Stevenson for a time feared that it would result in his own deportation. When things had finally blown over he wrote to Sidney Colvin, who came from a family of distinguished colonial administrators, "I used to think meanly of the plumber; but how he shines beside the politician!"
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo: Eight years of trouble in Samoa. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
- Autore: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Editore: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Data di Pubblicazione: 2015
- Genere: LETTERATURE STRANIERE: TESTI
- Formato: Mobipocket
- Protezione: Filigrana digitale
- ISBN-13: 9788893155113