Bristol Treasure Island Trail: A second larger edition.

The wild and lawless backdrop of buccaneering and piracy is an exciting aspect of Bristol and the West Country’s maritime history that has often been overlooked. It has also provided rich literary inspiration for books that are now part of our national heritage.

Perhaps the most famous and best loved pirate book of all is Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, dominated by the charismatic and terrifyingly unforgettable pirate, Long John Silver, and set against a backdrop of eighteenth century Bristol.
The Treasure Island Trail, produced by the Long John Silver Trust, seeks to introduce as many new readers as possible to this wonderful book by celebrating Bristol’s historical and literary connections with the world of pirates.
It lays out a short Treasure Island trail around the Bristol harbourside, to provide an easily accessible and interactive Harbourside experience for all.

The Long John Silver Trust have produced this booklet in order to create a trail that they hope will enhance the city, so that Bristolians and visitors to the city alike may more fully appreciate Bristol’s illustrious maritime history.

THE MERVYN PEAKE TRUST- an enthusiastic supporter of the Trail - has kindly allowed us to use Mervyn Peake's superb illustrations taken from the 1949 edition of the book.

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ISBN:978 0 9554455-3-8.

Paperback 72 pages, 4 colour 9x6 format.