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The Galapagos Affair John E Treherne

The Galapagos Affair By John E Treherne

The Galapagos Affair by John E Treherne


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Summary

Over half-a-century ago fanciful and exotic stories began to appear in the world's press about settlers on the remote Galapagos island of Floreana. She ruled her three young male lovers with a riding crop, a pearl-handled revolver and insatiable sexual demands - terrorising other settlers.

The Galapagos Affair Summary

The Galapagos Affair by John E Treherne

Over half-a-century ago fanciful and exotic stories began to appear in the world's press about settlers on the remote Galapagos island of Floreana. The tales were of nudism, free love communes, stainless steel dentures - a latter-day Garden of Eden. But the truth was even stranger. Friedrich Ritter, an eccentric German intellectual, and his long-suffering companion Dora Strauch, were the first arrivals. Once established, they were soon joined by others. Most bizarre and dangerous was the self-styled Baroness Wagner-Bosquet. She ruled her three young male lovers with a riding crop, a pearl-handled revolver and insatiable sexual demands - terrorising other settlers. Her mysterious disappearance and the discovery of unidentified bodies on a nearby island perplexed the world. Now The Galapagos Affair unravels the whole incredible story.

The Galapagos Affair Reviews

Quite the most extraordinary story I have ever read. * Evening Standard *
A brilliant tale of mystery. -- Paul Theroux * Sunday Times *
With a fine display of deductive logic, Treherne runs through all the possible permutations of conspiracy and betrayal.' * Times Literary Supplement *

About John E Treherne

John Treherne was a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge and University Reader in Zoology. He wrote numerous papers, monographs and books on biological subjects. Dr Treherne stumbled upon the extraordinary story told in this book while carrying out scientific research in the Galapagos Archipelago.

Additional information

GOR001440640
9780712668231
0712668233
The Galapagos Affair by John E Treherne
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage
20020704
256
N/A
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