The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, 9781473635364
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Fake voyage, false hero, tragic hoax, descent into madness.

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    21 December 2016

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Summary

A Sea of Lies: The Doomed Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an inexperienced deep-water sailor, saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round-the-world sailing race as the perfect stage to market his nautical navigation device.

His progress was slow, so he made a fateful decision: to fake his journey, sending false location reports.

The world believed he was winning, eagerly awaiting his heroic return. But on July 10, 1968, his boat was found adrift in …

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:21 December 2016
Weight:220g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

A masterpiece.

A masterpiece. - New Yorker

Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched. - Evening Standard

A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster…fascinating, uncomfortable reading. - Sunday Times

The extraordinary story…for me goes with the essential documents of our time. - Observer

About 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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