White Island, The - Softcover
Received wisdom has it that Ibiza is an island of Union Jack-shorted beerboys singing 'Here we go, here we go, here we go' on their way to a 24-hour rave. But the reality of the island today is very different. It is, and always has been, a magnet for hedonists, but la Isla Blanca is actually a sophisticated, cosmopolitan island of enormous natural beauty - far more Jade Jagger than Jordan. The island's history reads like a history of pleasure itself. The Carthaginians established a cult there to Tanit, their goddess of sex, around 650 BC and named the island after Bez, their god of dance. Roman centurions in need of a bit of down time between campaigns would go to Ibiza to get their kicks. And over the centuries virtually every culture around the Mediterranean has used the island either as a playground or as a dump for the kind of people who didn't quite fit in back home, but who you'd probably quite like to meet at a party. Stephen Armstrong tells for the first time the fascinating history of this fantasy island. It is a story of invasions and migrations, of artists and conmen, of drop outs and love-ins. This narrative is framed by Stephen's highly entertaining experiences during one long, golden summer on Ibiza, an island where anything can happen - and it usually does.
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"'Lively, well-researched ramble through the island's frenetic history'" (Time Out)
"'An honest and amiable account of the oddball history of this little land of extraordinary sunsets'" (Daily Telegraph)
"'A history of the ultimate party island which shows that the hedonists who flock there haven't always been the Union Jack-shorted variety'" (Glamour)
"'Essential Summer reading. Keenly observed and sprinkled with a wealth of delicious titbits'" (Q)
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"'An honest and amiable account of the oddball history of this little land of extraordinary sunsets'" (Daily Telegraph)
"'A history of the ultimate party island which shows that the hedonists who flock there haven't always been the Union Jack-shorted variety'" (Glamour)
"'Essential Summer reading. Keenly observed and sprinkled with a wealth of delicious titbits'" (Q)
The extraordinary history of the Mediterranean's capital of hedonism - Ibiza
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- PublisherBantam Press ( London )
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0593052072
- ISBN 13 9780593052075
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages342
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