The Wide Wide Sea av Hampton Sides

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<p><b>From <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death</b></p><p><br>'An <b>astounding tale </b>. . . recreated in <b>swashbuckling detail . . .</b> Sides delivers it with narrative urgency. <b>The cast of characters is a joy'</b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'An <b>enthralling</b> account of Captain Cook's final, fatal voyage... An <b>excellent </b>new book' <i>The Economist </i><br><br><b>'A rollicking good read</b>, with a tone that reminds me of David Grann's recent tale of the 1741 <i>Wager</i> shipwreck . . . riveting' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>Vivid and propulsive</b><i><b>'</b> New York Times</i><br><br>---<br>On July 12<sup>th</sup>, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in HMS <i>Resolution</i>. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach in Hawaii, Cook was killed -