A Voyage For Madmen
Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
5 May 2011
Summary
Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race’s 50th Anniversary
It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn’t even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846684432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846684439 |
| Author: | Peter Nichols |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Told with verve and riddled with drama, you can smell the salty air and feel the spray on every page * Sunday Times *
An enthralling tale of human endeavour and courage in the face of adversity … you don’t need to know your spinnaker from your mainsail to enjoy this book * Tatler *
As a carpenter purrs over perfect dovetailing, so I rejoiced in the craftsmanship of this book * Simon Barnes *
Peter Nichols
Peter Nichols is the author of the bestselling novel The Rocks, and the international bestsellers A Voyage for Madmen (finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year), Evolution’s Captain, and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. His novel Lodestar was nominated for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. He has taught creative writing at a number of universities, including Georgetown University, Bowdoin College, New York University in Paris, and Antioch University Los Angeles. Before turning to writing full time, he held a 100 ton USCG Ocean Operator’s licence and was a professional yacht delivery skipper for 10 years. He has also worked in advertising in London, as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, been a shepherd in Wales, and sailed alone in a small boat across the Atlantic.
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