Islands of banishment approached through three lives: New Caledonia in the South Pacific, where Louise Michel, grandmother of French anarchy and a leader in theParis Commune, was sent for seven years; St Helena, which became home to Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, an enemy of British colonialism in Zululand; and Sakhalin Island off the Siberian coast, the place of exile of Lev Shternberg, a campaigner against Russian tsarism.
Exiles: Three Island Journeys
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978057135298205/05/2022
Categories: 13. Spring Books 2022: Travel, Spring Books 2022, Travel
Tags: Empires & Colonialism, Revolution
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