Silver: Return to Treasure Island - Hardcover

Motion, Andrew

3.26

1,325 ratings by Goodreads

9780307884879: Silver: Return to Treasure Island

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307884872 ISBN 13: 9780307884879

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2012

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A former UK poet laureate's swashbuckling continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is set 20 years later and finds Natty, the daughter of Long John Silver, teaming up with Hawkins' son, Jim, on a dangerous voyage to the legendary island in search of their fathers' hidden treasure.

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Review:

Praise from the UK for "Silver"

"Elegant, affectionate homage to Robert Louis Stevenson ... A piece of writing born of genuine love and respect for the original."
--"The Sunday Times"

""D"eeply pleasing and convivial. . . . As with "Treasure Island", "Silver" is left open to the possibility of its own sequel, and surely no one would wish Motion to swallow the anchor."
--"The Guardian"

"["Silver"] reeks of authenticity, cunning, intrigue, suspense and adventure. It's brilliant, and for all ages."
--"Daily Mirror"

"[Motion] reinvents Stevenson's world to reveal its dark underside, illuminating both its mysterious beauty and its grim immortality. . . . Stands in its own right as a companion volume to a literary classic"
--"The""Observer"

"[An] elegant, thrilling sequel. . . . Motion's prose, vivid and glowingly poetic, is a brilliant counterpoint to the fascinating action."
--"The Daily Mail"

Praise from the UK for "Silver"
"Elegant, affectionate homage to Robert Louis Stevenson ... A piece of writing born of genuine love and respect for the original."
--"The Sunday Times"
""D"eeply pleasing and convivial. . . . As with "Treasure Island," "Silver" is left open to the possibility of its own sequel, and surely no one would wish Motion to swallow the anchor."
--"The Guardian"
"["Silver"] reeks of authenticity, cunning, intrigue, suspense and adventure. It's brilliant, and for all ages."
--"Daily Mirror"
"[Motion] reinvents Stevenson's world to reveal its dark underside, illuminating both its mysterious beauty and its grim immortality. . . . Stands in its own right as a companion volume to a literary classic"
--"The""Observer"
"[An] elegant, thrilling sequel. . . . Motion's prose, vivid and glowingly poetic, is a brilliant counterpoint to the fascinating action."
--"The Daily Mail"

Praise from the UK for "Silver"
Elegant, affectionate homage to Robert Louis Stevenson A piece of writing born of genuine love and respect for the original.
"The Sunday Times"
"D"eeply pleasing and convivial. . . . As with "Treasure Island," "Silver" is left opento the possibility of its own sequel, and surely no one would wish Motion to swallow the anchor.
"The Guardian"
["Silver"] reeks of authenticity, cunning, intrigue, suspense and adventure. It s brilliant, and for all ages.
"Daily Mirror"
[Motion] reinvents Stevenson s world to reveal its dark underside, illuminating both its mysterious beauty and its grim immortality. . . . Stands in its own right as a companion volume to a literary classic
"The" "Observer"
[An] elegant, thrilling sequel. . . . Motion s prose, vivid and glowingly poetic, is a brilliant counterpoint to the fascinating action.
"The Daily Mail""

Book Description:

The thrilling follow-up to Treasure Island, as told by one of England's greatest contemporary writers.

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