Rascals in paradise - James A. Michener

These true tales of high adventure in the South Seas move from Peru to China, from Hawaii to New Zealand, and touch all the glamorous islands in between.

The rascals and rogues in Michener’s wonderful stories include a French nobleman-swindler, an English privateers-man who became an island chieftain, a beautiful and ruthless Spanish woman, a slave-driving buccaneer, and a host of colorful and almost unbelievable characters from many times and places.

Here is the fascinating, blood-stained, nearly legendary story of the white man’s invasion of the South Seas, from the sixteenth century to modern times, told by the master — JAMES A. MICHENER.