Peter Nichols

A Voyage For Madmen

Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9781846684432
• ISBN-10: 1846684439
• Artikelnr.: 32365096

Autorenporträt

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 universities, including Georgetown University, Bowdoin College, New York University in Paris, and Antioch University Los Angeles. Before turning to writing full time, he held a 100 ton USCG Ocean Operator's licence and was a professional yacht delivery skipper for 10 years. He has also worked in advertising in London, as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, been a shepherd in Wales, and sailed alone in a small boat across the Atlantic.

Rezensionen

Told with verve and riddled with drama, you can smell the salty air and feel the spray on every page Sunday Times