The Surveillant's Old Tin Trunk: Life, Love and Death on Devil's Island

by Peter Jaggs

Some years ago an old tin trunk and its contents were given to the author of this book by an old lady approaching her ninetieth year. She was the only daughter of a guard who had been deployed to work in French Guiana (Devil's Island) during the early days of the twentieth century. The rusting old box was full of the diaries, sketches, papers and personal effects of a young man and his wife, who were based in one of the most notorious jungle work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633232700
• ISBN13: 9781633232709
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Booksmango
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"