Island on the edge of the world (1977)

Charles Maclean reconstructs the poignant chronicle of St Kilda, the outermost archipelago of the British Isles whose inhabitants clung to Atlantic sea cliffs for millennia. The narrative details their perilous reliance on fulmars, puffins, and communal solidarity before modern illnesses and economic isolation forced evacuation in 1930. It stands as an essential chronicle of extreme Atlantic endurance and tragic abandonment.