Results for: books tagged ‘Maritime’
The Donkey's Ears: Douglas Dunn
A wonderfully sustained narrative poem, full of the resonances and repercussions attendant on the end of an era, The Donkey's Ears depicts life aboard a Russian flagship just before the ... More
Close Quarters: William Golding
In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fête-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, ... More
Rites of Passage: William Golding
Sailing to Australia in the early years of the nineteenth century, Edmund Talbot keeps a journal to amuse his godfather back in England. Full of wit and disdain, he records ... More
Fire Down Below: William Golding
The third volume of William Golding's acclaimed Sea Trilogy.A decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off course and battered ... More
Dragons: Matthew Francis
With this second collection Matthew Francis fulfilled all the promise of his first, Blizzard. His teasing out of the bizarre or esoteric leads to a world populated with dragons, devils, ... More
Heaven's Command: Jan Morris
Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this celebrated masterwork she ... More
Crabwalk: Gunter Grass
In this new novel Grass examines a subject that has long been taboo - the sufferings of the Germans during the Second World War. He explores the sinking of the ... More
Thunder God: Paul Watkins
'Deliver us, O Lord, from the fury of the Norsemen . . .'The latest novel from Paul Watkins is a riveting tale of epic proportions, evoking a turbulent age one ... More
The Caliban Shore: Stephen Taylor
When the Grosvenor ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely. But the ... More
Nelson: Andrew Lambert
Nelson explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of one man's genius, to understand how Britain's greatest warrior enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and ... More
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