The White Island

The White Island is, and always has been, a magnet for hedonists. Its history reads like a history of pleasure itself. It is also a story of invasions and migrations, of artists and conmen, of drop-outs and love-ins.

The Carthaginians established a cult to their goddess of sex there, and named the island after Bez, their god of dance. Roman centurions in need of a bit of down time between campaigns would go to Ibiza to get their kicks. And over the centuries, cultures around the Med have used the island either as a playground or a dump for the kind of people who didn't quite fit in back home, but who you'd probably quite like to meet at a party...

This is the history of Ibiza, the fantasy island, framed by one long, golden summer where anything can happen — and it usually does.

• Author
• Stephen Armstrong

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 352

• Publisher
• Black Swan

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-552-77189-4

• EAN
• 9780552771894

• Genres
• history, spain

• Release date
• 2005