{"product_id":"the-wide-wide-sea-1st-edition","title":"The Wide Wide Sea, 1st edition","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 255, 0);\"\u003eThe Final, Fatal Adventure of Captain James Cook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTOP-TEN BOOK OF 2024\u003cbr\u003eA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Extraordinarily compulsive and fascinating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e I felt it somehow told me more about the making of the modern world than any book I had read for ages' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSTEPHEN FRY, BOOKS OF THE YEAR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘An \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eastounding tale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . recreated in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eswashbuckling detail . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sides delivers it with narrative urgency. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe cast of characters is a joy’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eenthralling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e account of Captain Cook’s final, fatal voyage… An \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eexcellent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enew book’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A rollicking good read\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with a tone that reminds me of David Grann’s recent tale of the 1741 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWager\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shipwreck . . . riveting’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVivid and propulsive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003eOn July 12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in HMS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eResolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach in Hawaii, Cook was killed – beaten and stabbed in a conflict with the indigenous population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat brought Cook to these final moments, so at odds with his reputation? Renowned for his humane leadership, dedication to science and the curiosity and respect, not judgement, with which he greeted societies that were new to him, Cook had already mapped huge swathes of the Pacific and initiated first European contact with numerous native peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stated mission for his third voyage was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London high society, to his home islands. But Cook carried secret orders to venture north, to discover the fabled Northwest Passage and chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals. And Cook himself was different on his final, fatal voyage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched and vividly told, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wide Wide Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a ferociously-paced, epic adventure and a searching examination of the consequences of the Age of Exploration from a master storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Sides has written a riveting book, deeply researched, light of touch and always judicious and full-sailed about an exceptional man’s final extraordinary journey’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A wonderful, visceral yarn and an enthralling read, replete with brilliant detail'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eROBERT MCCRUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePRAISE FOR HAMPTON SIDES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEnthralling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … as gripping as any well-paced thriller but a lot more interesting because it is also true' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Stunningly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evivid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ MARK BOWDEN, AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBLACK HAWK DOWN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSplendid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in every way… a marvellous nonfiction thriller' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExtraordinary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … meticulous research shores up a fast-paced narrative’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Viscerally \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edramatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … spellbinding... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebold, dynamic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, unusually vivid’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUnforgettable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e…a pulse-racing epic … a masterful work of history and storytelling' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReads like a first-class epic thriller'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookHarbour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54061361103175,"sku":"HIS1190","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/6283\/2711\/files\/TheWideWideSea.jpg?v=1780394013","url":"https:\/\/boat-stuff.com\/products\/the-wide-wide-sea-1st-edition","provider":"Boat-Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}