The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island beyond: the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time - and his misfortunes - might be reversed. But first he must learn to swim...
- ISBN10 0151001510
- ISBN13 9780151001514
- Publish Date November 1995 (first published 1 August 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 544
- Language English