Diana Souhami

Selkirk's Island

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2001, first edition, ISBN: 0297643851

Description and condition:

Hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 246 pp., index, illustrations.

As new, an unread copy.

Contents:

'The author tells the extraordinary story of the real Robinson Crusoe, the man who inspired Daniel Defoe's famous novel. Drawing on Selkirk's own testimony, that of this rescuers and fellow crewmen, and petitions from two women who each claimed to be his wife, she reveals the facts behind the fantasy of the fictional Crusoe and with great power and flair evokes the ordeal of solitary survival.'