The tale of the bathtub sailor - Hadfield-Hyde, James
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With an insatiable yearning to escape the mundane existence of his marriage and the dreary prospect of a working class life of factory employment, and servitude, Bill Smith's wayward passion would lead him to brutal incarceration, near death, and sexual experiences far more challenging than crossing the ocean in a bathtub. The idea of building a boat not much bigger than a bathtub and sailing it alone across the oceans of the world, would stretch most people's bounds of bravery and insanity beyond their limits, but recent history is littered with a number of such characters who have done exactly that.…mehr

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With an insatiable yearning to escape the mundane existence of his marriage and the dreary prospect of a working class life of factory employment, and servitude, Bill Smith's wayward passion would lead him to brutal incarceration, near death, and sexual experiences far more challenging than crossing the ocean in a bathtub. The idea of building a boat not much bigger than a bathtub and sailing it alone across the oceans of the world, would stretch most people's bounds of bravery and insanity beyond their limits, but recent history is littered with a number of such characters who have done exactly that.
Autorenporträt
James Hadfield-Hyde was born in England in 1949. He was privately educated at boarding school, and then went on to finish his education in the United States of America. He became a Conservative political activist as early as 1970, when he campaigned alongside Anthony Barber MP, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. He remained a highly active supporter of the Conservative Party until 2012, when he joined the United Kingdom Independence Party in defiance of Prime Minister, David Cameron's stance on Europe. As a dedicated Brexiteer, he toured the country giving speeches and participating in public debates. Although now retired, and living mostly abroad, during his long career, he has been a property developer, a dealer in fine arts and antiques, a television broadcaster, an advertising agency writer, an award winning playwright, an inventor, a factory owner, an author, and an Ostrich farmer.