Friday, January 28, 2011

Episode 7 - Love and Marriage

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Titaua Brander (The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection) Despite their 24-year age difference, the marriage between John Brander and T...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Episode 6 - Here comes the cavalry

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John Brander - a drawing from a lost photograph   Alexander Salmon returned to Tahiti discouraged and disheartened, but his fortunes wer...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Episode 5 - Je ne regrette rien

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Alexander Salmon in his prime The Salmons paid a high price for their peacemaking efforts. Not only had they lost their son, but they als...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Episode 4 - Give peace a chance

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Ariitaimai in middle age For two years following the accident, Ariitaimai withdrew into herself, consumed with grief.   By this time, the...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Episode 3 - Trouble in Paradise

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Moorea in the distance seen from Tahiti (note the gap in the reef at Papeete) The Salmons settled into their house in Papeete and Alexan...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Episode 2 - Love on a tropical island

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 Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti  In the spring of 1841 when Alexander Salmon arrived in the sleepy capital of Papeete ( Pap-aye-ay-tay ), Ta...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Episode 1 - In the beginning

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 The Old White Horse Cellars, Piccadilly, by James Pollard  The story of Children of Eden opens a long way from Tahiti – in the Lo...
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