A Man for All Islands: A Biography of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, [Hardcover]

Royston Ellis (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Times Editions; 1998 edition (January 1, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 9812048529
• ISBN-13: 978-9812048523
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,740,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ROYSTON ELLIS is a British-born author of some 50 published books who has lived in Sri Lanka since 1980 where he writes in a century-old cottage overlooking the Indian Ocean. His first book, a sequence of poems called Jiving To Gyp, was published by Scorpion Press in 1959, when he was 18. Until 1961 he performed his poems on stage and TV to rock music (Rocketry) backed by The Shadows, Jimmy Page and a group that later became famous as The Beatles (whom he named). After living in the Channel Islands and the Canary Islands he moved to Dominica in 1966 where, as Richard Tresillian, he wrote the best-selling Bondmaster series of historical novels. He specialises now in books with Indian Ocean settings, including the Bradt guides to Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka. (www.roystonellis.com)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fictional... not Biographical, June 21, 2005

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Azrael Myst "Azmyst" (Male', Maldives) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Man for All Islands: A Biography of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, (Hardcover)

Even thought the book is highly readable and fast paced with lots of history and information on the Maldives the biography itself rings false. I can't believe in a man who does not have even a single fault. But that is what Royston Ellis would have you believe. The President of the Maldives is a great man and has undoubtedly brought the Maldives into the 20th Century but the man has his faults too. The book does not explore this and paints a rather one sided view of the man. So read it if you want to read a 'fictional' novel based on a real man and real events.

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5.0 out of 5 stars NATIONAL HERO OF THE MALDIVES, June 10, 2002

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Allen Windsor (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Man for All Islands: A Biography of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, (Hardcover)

Here is a unique novel about Bodu Thakurulan, who was born Mohamed, the second son of the chief of one of the Maldive Islands. Readable and pertitent to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, the work has been highly researched by famed British author Royston Ellis, who writes not only about that part of the world but also has written about the Caribbean. The present story will be a valuable literary work for years to come.

Allen Windsor
New York City