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Saint Lucia is a Caribbean island which truly lives up to its travel brochure descriptions: an island of breath-taking beauty with miles of magnificent coastline, panoramic mountain views, lush vegetation and favourable climate. Its people, history, language and culture are a blend of the rich heritage of Africa, France and England. It is the home of the only drive-in volcano in the world where the fascinating Sulphur Springs bubble. Saint Lucia is also famous for producing two Nobel Laureates and for staging an annual Jazz Festival that has become the talk of the entire world. In addition, Saint Lucia is a tourist paradise hosting more than 700,000 visitors every year. In this comprehensive guide, updated with all new photographs, Guy Ellis provides an intriguing profile of this Helen of the West.
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A journalist for more than four decades, Guy Ellis edited the island's leading newspaper, The Voice, for 20 years before moving on to start a newspaper of his own, The Saint Lucia Mirror. In 2003, Ellis was honoured by Her Majesty the Queen as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to journalism. As one who remains in touch with every development that takes place on the island, he is well qualified to write this guide to his mother country.
Saint Lucia is a Caribbean island which truly lives up to its travel brochure descriptions: an island of breath-taking beauty with miles of magnificent coastline, panoramic mountain views, lush vegetation and favourable climate. Its people, history, language and culture are a blend of the rich heritage of Africa, France and England. It is the home of the only drive-in volcano in the world where the fascinating Sulphur Springs bubble. Saint Lucia is also famous for producing two Nobel Laureates and for staging an annual Jazz Festival that has become the talk of the entire world. In addition, Saint Lucia is a tourist paradise hosting more than 700,000 visitors every year. In this comprehensive guide, updated with all new photographs, Guy Ellis provides an intriguing profile of this Helen of the West.
About the Author
A journalist for more than four decades, Guy Ellis edited the island's leading newspaper, The Voice, for 20 years before moving on to start a newspaper of his own, The Saint Lucia Mirror. In 2003, Ellis was honoured by Her Majesty the Queen as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to journalism. As one who remains in touch with every development that takes place on the island, he is well qualified to write this guide to his mother country.
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Saint Lucia, an island of breathtaking beauty, birthplace of the French Empress Josephine and home of the only 'drive-in' volcano in the world, is located 90 miles (145 kilometres) north-west of Barbados, about 2600 miles (4000 km) from New York and 4200 miles (6700 km) from London. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Saint Lucia, an island of breathtaking beauty, birthplace of the French Empress Josephine and home of the only 'drive-in' volcano in the world, is located 90 miles (145 kilometres) north-west of Barbados, about 2600 miles (4000 km) from New York and 4200 miles (6700 km) from London. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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