The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. * A Number One Sunday Times bestseller. * A cross between THE PERFECT STORM and INTO THIN AIR, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY and ALIVE! * Reissued and repackaged to sit alongside Sea of Glory paperback.
Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie Moby Dick. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986. His previous book, In the Heart of the Sea was a Top Ten best seller in hardback and paperback.
'Utterly gripping' Daily Telegraph 'Brilliant' The Times 'Superbly readable ! elegantly written ! a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself' Guardian 'As gripping as it is grissly ! a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart' Daily Mail
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