Name: A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson
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Author: Benitez, Paula ; Stevenson, Robert Louis
ISBN: 9781985793521

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A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by

Paula Benitez

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

152

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781985793521

Synopsis "A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson"

An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country. Truth, in the midst of conflicting rumours and in the dearth of printed material, was often hard to ascertain, and since most of those engaged were of my personal acquaintance, it was often more than delicate to express. I must certainly have erred often and much; it is not for want of trouble taken nor of an impartial temper. And if my plain speaking shall cost me any of the friends that I still count, I shall be sorry, but I need not be ashamed.

Robert Louis Stevenson

(Author)

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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