Lost kingdom
Subtitle: Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure
By: Julia Flynn Siler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780802120014
Subjects: Political and social views; History; Relations; Biography; Queens
Description: Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, "Lost Hawaii" brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i.
Notes: Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-395) and index.
Table of contents: title: Island kingdom. Born in paradise ; Progress and liberty ; Aloha ; High chiefs of Sugardom ; Pele's wrath; title: The House of Kalākaua. Merrie monarch ; To England ; Bayonet Constitution ; Be not deceived ; Enemies in the household; title: Manifest Destiny. Pious adventurers ; Crime of the century ; Secrets of the flower beds ; Kingdom come ; Born under an unlucky star.