Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk by Francesca de Tores Groundswell Speaker 2024 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING phenomenon of

1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING phenomenon of TIKTOK fame

Caroline Cheng

The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century - from the dramas of the Russian Court to the Russian Revolution

And when we go there using our special magic ammonite shell

a case he never solved

Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk by Francesca de Tores Groundswell Speaker 2024 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING phenomenon ofHow big must a mans folly be, that it can cost him the whole of his life? As big as a ship; as big as an island. 1704: Alexander Selkirk, navigator of a buccaneering ship in the South Pacific Ocean, is abandoned by his crew on a deserted island. An intelligent yet disagreeable man, he surely only has himself to blame for this ignominious fate. It is undoubtedly his unbending inability to compromise or to abate his arrogance that has led to his exile.