In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’

ISBN-13: 9780006531203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 318 str.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Opis

The epic true-life story of one fo the msot notorious martime disasters of the 19th century which was the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998 to tell the tale.

Recenzje

'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

O autorze

Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has writen 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'. He has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986.