It is 1912. Elsa Pendleton, a young Englishwoman, is forced by circumstance into a marriage of convenience. Her one consolation is that she can now fulfil a great dream: to visit Easter Island and study its mysterious history. But as Elsa becomes bewitched by the island and engrossed in her work, she doesn't realise that her beloved sister Alice is also caught up in desires of her own. Nor, in their isolation, do the two sisters realise that Britain and Germany have declared war, and that the catastrophic effects will be ...
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It is 1912. Elsa Pendleton, a young Englishwoman, is forced by circumstance into a marriage of convenience. Her one consolation is that she can now fulfil a great dream: to visit Easter Island and study its mysterious history. But as Elsa becomes bewitched by the island and engrossed in her work, she doesn't realise that her beloved sister Alice is also caught up in desires of her own. Nor, in their isolation, do the two sisters realise that Britain and Germany have declared war, and that the catastrophic effects will be felt even in their quiet corner of the South Pacific. Sixty years later American botanist Greer Faraday, recently widowed, arrives on the island. Troubled by unhappy secrets, Greer wraps herself up in her work, rejecting the friendly approaches of her colleagues. But as she explores the island, her story becomes irresistibly entwined with Elsa's, and she is forced to confront some unwelcome truths...Full of suspense and revelation, EASTER ISLAND is an exceptional, supremely satisfying novel, marking the debut of a brilliant new writer and storyteller.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean and lightly tanning in margins, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 0316861979. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Very light bumping to spine extremities and bottom corner of rear board. Some spine lean. Else binding clean. Bit of very light smudging on page tops and fore-edges. Else pages clean. DJ clean.; GFHA17; 9.25 x 6.25"; 308 pages; Signed by Author.
Goes back in time to early discoveries and travels to Easter island. Interesting stories.
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Mar 28, 2009
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There are three separate stories here, all cleverly interwoven over the years. Easter Island is the thread that connects them. Not being a scientist of any kind, I could have done without the endless pages of what the scientist saw in her microscope, but that is my only complaint. It is well written, with satisfying character studies.