The Teatime Islands: Adventures in Britain's Faraway Outposts (平装)
分類: 图书,进口原版书,Travel(旅游),Reference & Tips(参考与心得),Essays & Travelogues,
品牌: Ben Fogle
基本信息出版社:Penguin (2004年8月5日)平装:288页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141010460条形码:9780141010465产品尺寸及重量:19.6 x 12.2 x 2.2 cm ; 282 gASIN:0141010460
商品描述内容简介Welcomed with open arms, derided as a pig-ignorant tourist and occasionally mocked mercilessly for his trouble, Ben Fogle visited the last flag-flying outposts of the British Empire. With caution, dignity and a spare pair of pants thrown to the wind, he set out to discover just exactly who would choose to live on islands as remote as these and - more importantly - tried to figure out exactly why. Landing himself on islands so isolated, wind-swept, barren and just damned peculiar that they might have Robinson Crusoe thinking twice, Fogle: almost becomes lunch on the appropriately named Carcass Island; gets deported from Pitcairn for being both a spy and a smuggler; uncovers the story of the tyrant who became St Helena's most unwilling and least popular guest; and, witnesses a shark attack from a respectable distance. Why he went, what he did when he got there and how exactly he got back in one piece makes for an eye-opening but affectionate look into life in these unique, peculiar places.作者简介Ben Fogle was the star of the BBC's hit series Castaway 2000. Now presenting Country File, The Teatime Islands is Ben's first book. He lives in London.