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A Voyage for Madmen. Peter Nichols
Peter Nichols
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Description for A Voyage for Madmen. Peter Nichols
Paperback. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. This is a true story of the inaugural 1968 Golden Globe sailing race: the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; WSB; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later. It was ... Read more
Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later. It was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846684432
SKU
V9781846684432
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99-98
About Peter Nichols
Peter Nichols is the author of the bestselling novel The Rocks, and the international bestsellers A Voyage for Madmen (finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year), Evolution's Captain, and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. His novel Lodestar was nominated for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. He has taught creative writing at a number of ... Read more
Reviews for A Voyage for Madmen. Peter Nichols
Told with verve and riddled with drama, you can smell the salty air and feel the spray on every page
Sunday Times
An enthralling tale of human endeavour and courage in the face of adversity ... you don't need to know your spinnaker from your mainsail to enjoy this book
Tatler
As a carpenter purrs over ... Read more
Sunday Times
An enthralling tale of human endeavour and courage in the face of adversity ... you don't need to know your spinnaker from your mainsail to enjoy this book
Tatler
As a carpenter purrs over ... Read more