{"product_id":"robert-louis-stevenson-in-samoa-isbn-9780857059956","title":"Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAlmost every adult and child is familiar with his \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e,  but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an  equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much  as Captain Flint's treasure was contested by the mongrel crew of the \u003ci\u003eHispaniola.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn  1890 Stevenson settled in Upolu, an island in Samoa, after two years  sailing round the South Pacific. He was given a Samoan name and became a  fierce critic of the interference of Germany, Britain and the U.S.A. in  Samoan affairs - a stance that earned him Oscar Wilde's sneers, and  brought him into conflict with the Colonial Office, who regarded him as a  menace and even threatened him with expulsion from the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph  Farrell's pioneering study of Stevenson's twilight years stands apart  from previous biographies by giving as much weight to the Samoa and the  Samoans - their culture, their manners, their history - as to the life  and work of the man himself. For it is only by examining the full  complexity of Samoa and the political situation it faced as the  nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, that Stevenson's lasting  and generous contribution to its cause can be appreciated.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893376512229,"sku":"NP9780857059956","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/45fccf7d-ea82-4413-aa92-ab0201563849.jpg?v=1767870156","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/robert-louis-stevenson-in-samoa-isbn-9780857059956","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}