Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

"Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga" by Basil Thomson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. This is an extraordinary account of two islands in the Pacific Ocean, rarely visited even today. The account is from 1901 and concerns Tonga and Niué (Savage Island) both of which formed a tiny part of the British Empire, and which mourned the death of Queen Victoria.Basil Thomson gives us a great insight into Pacific island life in 1901 and unknowingly even more insight on the British mindset toward Tongans.