Author: Deacon, Harriet.
Title: The Island. A History of Robben Island 1488 - 1990.
Description: David Philip / Mayibuye. Cape Town 1996. 184pp softcover illustrated b/w. large 8vo. A Fine unread copy. ISBN: 9780864862990 Robben Island has had many uses since the arrival of the European at the cape - prison, leper colony, hospital, asylum, military camp. This covers the history of the island in all its phases. Two chapters are devoted to the political prisoners of the apartheid era.

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