The Other Exile: The Remarkable Story of Fernão Lopes, the Island of St Helena and the meaning of human solitude by A.R. Azzam, Abdul Rahman Azzam

The Other Exile: The Remarkable Story of Fernão Lopes, the Island of St Helena and the meaning of human solitude

A.R. Azzam, Abdul Rahman Azzam

320 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
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The first known inhabitant of St Helena – long before Napoleon –  was a 16th-century Portuguese renegade.In 1506 Fernão Lopes, a member of his country’s minor nobility, travelled to Goa in search of honour and wealth. There he converted to Islam, ...

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