Sailing by Starlight

In Search of Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson. Alex Capus is a French-Swiss novelist who writes in German. He is the author of the novels A Matter of Time and Lon and Louise, recently longlisted for the German Book Prize.

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Alex Capus is a French-Swiss novelist who writes in German. His works of fiction and non-fiction that have been translated into English include A Matter of Time (2009), Leon and Louise (2012) Almost Like Spring (2013) and Skidoo (2014).

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Stevenson ended his days living on the island of Samoa in luxury, but from where did his riches originate?

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Follows every step of Robert Louis Stevenson's last years, studying every clue left behind by the Scottish writer and reaching his own conclusion about the most dramatic turn in Stevenson's life: his decision to settle in Samoa, where the climate was poison for his already diseased lungs.