Physical Description:xxx, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm print
Publisher:New York :Atlantic Monthly,2012.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Cast of characters -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Born in paradise -- 2. Progress and liberty -- 3. Aloha -- 4. High chiefs of sugardom -- 5. Pele's wrath -- 6. Merrie monarch -- 7. To England -- 8. Bayonet constitution -- 9. Be not deceived -- 10. Enemies in the household -- 11. Pious adventurers -- 12. Crime of the century -- 13. Secrets of the flower beds -- 14. Kingdom come -- 15. Born under an unlucky star -- Epilogue -- A note on language and sources -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index.
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