Sailing by Starlight

In Search of Treasure Island and Robert Louis Stevenson

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Postscript summary

Having found success with Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson set sail for the South Seas, writing accounts of his voyages over several months for an American magazine. During this time he yearned for home and yet, in 1890, spent the last of his savings on a plot of dense jungle in Samoa and remained there for the rest of his years. Alex Capus looks into the writer’s life and seemingly odd decision as he uncovers the history of searching for the fabled treasure. Slightly off-mint.

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