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Silver: Return to Treasure Island Paperback – 16 April 2013

by Andrew Motion (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
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The thrilling follow-up to Treasure Island, as told by one of England's greatest contemporary writers.

Think of the fortune waiting for you.

July, 1802. Young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver's daughter, Natty, set off in the footsteps of their fathers.

The lure of hidden treasure and the thrill of the ocean odyssey soon gives way to terror as the Nightingale reaches its destination.

Treasure Island is not uninhabited as it once was.
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    416 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
  4. Publication date
    16 April 2013
  5. Dimensions
    12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0099552655
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0099552659
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Like Stevenson, Motion has achieved that very difficult thing: a children's novel that works even better for adults. Look to your laurels, Rowling -- John Sutherland ― The Times

Deeply pleasing and convivial ― Guardian

Vastly entertaining ― Scotsman

Gripping

― Daily Mail

Fascinating and richly colourful ― Herald

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The thrilling follow-up to Treasure Island, as told by one of England's greatest contemporary writers.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (16 April 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099552655
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099552659
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 128 ratings

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Marpa47
5.0 out of 5 stars A Finely Wrought Piece Of Work
Reviewed in the United States on 9 August 2015
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Including as it does the original, (at the end --- just as one had the desire to revisit it), the comparison between the two is complementary. Neither possess aspirations to greatness, yet both provide great enjoyment for the nautical adventure that they are, and are well worth the time.
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martina
2.0 out of 5 stars Ottime premesse, però.....
Reviewed in Italy on 6 January 2015
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Per una lettrice come me, il richiamo è stato irresistibile: uno dei miti della mia infanzia rielaborato e con un seguito!
Mi ci sono buttata a capofitto, ma sono rimasta un po' delusa.
Storia ben scritta, lettura scorrevole, ma manca delle qualità dell'originale: la storia è inevitabilmente più banale, messa in moto da un piccolo avvenimento che nulla ha a che fare con la grandezza del grande Stevenson (il figlio di Jim che perde la testa per la figlia di Silver e parte verso l'ignoto?.....suvvia).
Forse ho sbagliato io a fare continui confronti, ma dal sottotitolo in copertina, direi che se l'è cercata l'autore!
Quindi: ottime premesse, ma si tratta di una storia, per quanto carina, che nulla ha a che vedere con l'isola del tesoro, a parte per quanto riguarda i nomi dei personaggi e dei luoghi. Ho apprezzato, se non altro, la doppia valenza del titolo all'interno della storia.
Per quanto riguarda le condizioni del libro, sono stata molto soddisfatta.
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hillbank68
5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent book in its own right
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2012
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There has been a mixed reception to this book in Amazon reviews - five star to one star. I am on the five star side. However, though there is ample evidence that Andrew Motion has written his book in a spirit of great reverence to 'Treasure Island', to which it is a sequel, 'Silver' has character of its own and is not just a 'moving the story on' clone of the great original. Jim Hawkins's son accompanies John Silver's daughter on a journey back to 'Treasure Island' in search of the bar silver, which was left behind when the 'Hispaniola' made her hasty departure in Stevenson's book. Of their journey and its outcome I can say little - there is too much danger of giving the story away - but there are pirates, strange exotic animals and vegetation, a marvellous storm, danger and death, tension and some humour. In a nice touch, the lookout on board ship, a 'wispy, angular Scotsman', watching over all of them from the crow's nest, is called Stevenson. The greatest strength of the book is in the excellence of the writing, particularly the descriptive writing at the beginning, on the island and at the end. There has been some complaint that the book is slow-moving, but in fact the pace of the narrative varies considerably ; when it is leisurely, that is because Motion (and his hero, Jim) want to dwell on some interesting aspect of the discoveries made. The writing at the beginning, when a small boat comes across the water to Jim's tavern at night, is absolutely beautiful and very involving. There is a moral dimension to the book which is entirely different from that in 'Treasure Island' ; it is not giving away too much to say that slavery is involved. In a couple of places the narrative strains credibilty, and I don't think Motion is entirely successful with one or two of his characters, but the strengths of the book so greatly outweigh its weaknesses that I have no difficulty in giving it the top rating. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Anthony Forster
4.0 out of 5 stars Book was in 1st.class condition,
Reviewed in the United States on 29 September 2021
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Story was exciting well written dramatic and inventive, the ending was disappointing, it felt like the last page was missing.
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Douglas Kemp
4.0 out of 5 stars Back to the nasty pirates
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2014
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RL Stevenson’s novel has enchanted and fascinated generations of readers since its publication in the late nineteenth century. The story left open the possibility of further adventures, with Jim Hawkins’ narrative stating that after Squire Trelawney et al found and brought the treasure to England, a cache of silver had been left on the island. The former Poet Laureate sets his sequel 40 years after these events, with the teenaged son of Jim Hawkins, also called Jim, helping his widowed father run the Hispaniola Inn on the banks of the River Thames in Essex. Jim junior’s life is turned upside-down, however, when the daughter of the retired pirate Long John Silver calls on him. The aged Silver has decided that he wishes to locate the buried silver on Treasure Island and has thus paid for and crewed a vessel to this aim. Natalie (Nat) and Jim will be his representatives on the venture and Jim is quickly persuaded to participate. As one would expect, the journey is not a smooth one, and the intrepid party meet all sorts of dangers when they land on the island and find that there is a nasty and sadistic regime in charge there, led by the marooned pirates.
The novel is written in a very different style from the original. Motion’s prose is poetic and lushly descriptive. The story does not pretend to be anything other than a fantasy and is an unambiguous and seemingly semi-allegorical battle between good and evil and the temptations that men are subject to. As such, it is not really a historical novel rooted firmly in the culture and mores of the times. It is an enjoyable and a fine read, though I am not entirely sure what Andrew Motion is trying to achieve in this book.
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