“Riveting.” —The New York Times Book Review
Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst.
It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.
Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another ship runs aground during a storm. Separated by only twenty miles and the island’s treacherous, impassable cliffs, the crews of the
Detalles del producto
Editorial : Algonquin Books; Primary edición (6 Agosto 2019)
Idioma : Inglés
Tapa blanda : 304 páginas
ISBN-10 : 1616209704
ISBN-13 : 978-1616209704
Dimensiones : 5.45 x 0.63 x 8.25 pulgadas
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº27,885 en Libros (Ver el Top 100 en Libros)
nº3 en Historia de Australia (Libros)
nº4 en Libros sobre Historia de Oceanía
nº558 en Historia del Mundo (Libros)
Opiniones de clientes: 4.4
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