The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Now Filmed As The Mercy
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2016
Summary
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round the world sailing race as the perfect opportunity to showcase his product.
Few people knew that he wasn’t an experienced deep-water sailor. His progress was so slow that he decided to short-cut the journey, while falsifying his location through radio messages from his supposed course.
Everyone following the race thought that he was winning, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473635364 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473635365 |
| Author: | Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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A masterpiece.
A masterpiece. - New Yorker
Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched. - Evening StandardA meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster…fascinating, uncomfortable reading. - Sunday TimesThe extraordinary story…for me goes with the essential documents of our time. - ObserverAbout The Author
Nicholas Tomalin
Nicholas Tomalin (Author)
Nicholas Tomalin studied English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was a featured columnist for the Daily Express, the Sunday Times, and the Evening Standard, before becoming literary editor of the New Statesman. He was nominated for Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the war in Vietnam. Tomalin was killed in Israel in 1973 while reporting on the Yom Kippur War.
Ron Hall (Author)
Ron Hall studied mathematics and statistics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was co-founder of the Sunday Times’ investigative unit ‘Insight’, where he was editor from 1964-66, and became managing editor of the Sunday Times in 1969. He died aged 79 in 2014.
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