by Leslie Thomas · tapa dura · ISBN 9780413676603
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«My World of Islands» is Leslie Thomas's travel chronicle, published by Methuen in hardback (215 pages, in English).
Leslie Thomas visits remote and distinctive islands, from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon to Great Barrier Island, with stops in Nantucket, Fair Isle, Tahiti and Capri. He gathers local legends, notes on geography, colonial history and maritime tradition to show what makes each small territory special.
The Methuen edition (London, 1993) includes an index, a map on the endpapers and photographs taken by Leslie Thomas.
Will appeal to readers of travel literature and those seeking stories of remote, little-known islands.
Leslie Thomas, OBE was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel The Virgin Soldiers.
