Kaiulani
Book description
Vintage paperback
Why read it?
1 author picked Kaiulani as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani is among those brave real-life heroines who remain inspiring despite terrible tragedies, in Kaʻiulani’s case the theft of the Hawaiian kingdom in a coup by white planters in 1893 when she was only seventeen, and her shockingly premature death only six years later, at twenty-three, after being caught far from shelter in a chilling Hawaiʻi rain storm.
In those six years, she became a figure on the world stage, welcomed by the royal houses of Europe as the forceful, articulate, and beautiful advocate (educated in England) pleading for the Hawaiian Kingdom’s formal diplomatic recognition and its return…
From Eric's list on under-appreciated about Hawai'i.
Want books like Kaiulani?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 52 books like Kaiulani.
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in Hawaii, presidential biography, and the Pearl Harbor attack?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about Hawaii, presidential biography, and the Pearl Harbor attack.