James Derriman
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James Derriman retired after a career in journalism and public relations to devote time to historical research and writing, specialising in legal and maritime history. Marooned, the story of a Cornish seaman marooned on the tiny uninhabited island of Sombrero in the West Indies in 1807, was his first full-length book.