To the Edge of the World
A Perilous Storm, A Mutinous Crew and the Woman Who Defied Them All
$31.19
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2026
Summary
Set in the summer of 1856 – in the midst of a ship race to deliver supplies to the California Gold Rush – captain’s wife Mary Ann Patten is forced to take the helm from her husband. Within days she has put down a mutiny and must attempt to steer a 216’ clipper ship laden with the modern equivalent of $11 million dollars of cargo through Drake’s Passage and around Cape Horn – the most treacherous waters in the world.
Caught in an 18-day gale, Mary Ann makes the only choice she can to s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783968589 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1783968583 |
| Author: | Tilar J. Mazzeo |
| Publisher: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Imprint: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 234mm x 154mm |
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About The Author
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Tilar J. Mazzeo is the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestselling author of books that include The Widow Clicquot, The Secret of Chanel No. 5, and Hotel on the Place Vendôme. She also writes on food and wine for the mainstream press, and her work has appeared in venues such as Food & Wine and in her Back-Lane Wineries guidebook series. Her course on creative nonfiction (Great Courses), featured as in-flight viewing content on Virgin America airlines, is widely distributed and has made her a nationally prominent teacher of writing in nonfiction genres. The Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, she divides her time among coastal Maine, New York City, and Saanichton, British Columbia, where she lives with her husband and stepchildren.
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