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The last bookaneer a novel

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.

Main Author: Pearl, Matthew (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016.
Subjects:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, > 1850-1894 > Manuscripts > Fiction.
Publishers and publishing > Europe > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Copyright infringement > Fiction.
Authorship > Fiction.
Samoa > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction > Samoa.
Historical fiction > Samoa.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 389 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780143108092
0143108093
Author Notes: Matthew Pearl received a degree in English and American Literature from Harvard University in 1997 and a law degree from Yale Law School in 2000. He writes novels including The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Last Dickens. He has also taught literature and creative writing at Harvard University and Emerson College.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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