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Description
Product details
| Published | 06 Jan 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781526667250 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Mike Pitts has written the true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues
Ken Follett
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A thought-provoking mix of published past and current work, and rediscovered documents that together provides a usefully different perspective on Rapa Nui's iconic world heritage archaeology
Professor Sue Hamilton
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Rapa Nui has a double history of early Polynesian life and later colonial devastation, both mythologised. Mike Pitts draws on deep research to provide a powerful corrective to such myths. Anyone looking for an intelligent, balanced and accessible account of Rapa Nui should read his book
Chris Gosden, author of THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
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In this detailed, intelligent, humane work, Pitts has given us a salutary corrective to centuries of Western prejudice and fantasy
Literary Review
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A gripping story which, in a small way, redeems the horror of the Victorian brutality ... [Pitts] is good at bringing alive human stories
Spectator
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A bold and convincing revision of Rapa Nui's history ... A welcome contribution to Pacific Island history that holds relevance not just for Rapa Nui, but for other islands across this vast ocean
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