{"product_id":"eden-undone-a-true-story-of-sex-murder-and-utopia-at-the-dawn-of-world-war-ii","title":"Eden Undone","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Steve (Retired Bookseller),\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn incredible true story of murder, romance, and a fateful search for utopia in the Galápagos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling and fascinating story about 3 groups of Europeans who settled on the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003euninhabited island of Floreana in the Galapagos Islands during the 1930’s. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach of the group living on this very isolated island had many conflicting views and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epersonalities, which lead ultimately to violence and tragedy. They consisted of a \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerman doctor with extreme ideas about heath and natural living and his married \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elover\/patient. A traumatized German veteran of the Great War, his pregnant wife, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand son with health problems. An excentric Austrian Baroness and her two male \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eparamours.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI thoroughly recommend this most bizarre story; you don’t need to read fiction books \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewhen real-life stories are this strange.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/abbott-kahler\/eden-undone\" title=\"Link to read full review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.kirkusreviews.com\u003c\/a\u003e comment \"A spirited page-turner.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHEN PARADISE TURNS TO CHAOS, WHO WILL SURVIVE?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn incredible true story of murder, romance and a fateful search for utopia in the Galapagos from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George Allan Hancock and his crew of Smithsonian scientists, who had spent four years travelling the South Seas collecting rare specimens for scientific research, came upon a gruesome scene on reaching the Galapagos: two bodies, mummified by the searing heat, on the shore of the remote island. Hancock was surprised to discover an equally exotic group of humans: European exiles who had fled political and economic unrest, hoping to create a utopian paradise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Hancock and his fellow American explorers would witness, paradise had turned into chaos. The three sets of exiles - a Berlin doctor and his lover, a traumatised World War I veteran and his young family, and an Austrian baroness with two adoring paramours - were riven by conflict. Petty slights led to angry confrontations. The baroness, wielding a riding crop and a pearl-handled revolver, staged fights between her two lovers and brazenly seduced American tourists. The conclusion was deadly: two exiles missing, two others dead, and the survivors hurling accusations of murder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing previously unpublished archives, Abbott Kahler weaves a chilling, stranger-than-fiction tale worthy of Agatha Christie, a mystery as alluring and curious as the Galapagos themselves. Eden Undone explores our universal desire to seek utopia, while laying bare the human fallibility that, inevitably, renders such a quest doomed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue stories: general, History and Archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbbott Kahler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e352 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 234mm W: 153mm Spine: 30mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 420 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152027086998,"sku":"9780008729745","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket--1_333ec9ef-0ddd-48c2-9379-6a4b95959d2f.jpg?v=1728346477","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/eden-undone-a-true-story-of-sex-murder-and-utopia-at-the-dawn-of-world-war-ii","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}