Patrick O'Brian

Joseph Banks: A Life

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Težina 440 g
Format 14 × 21 cm
Autor

Izdavač

Mjesto izdanja

Chicago

Godina

1997

Broj stranica

325

Uvez

Meki

Stanje knjige

Vrlo dobro

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One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history’s most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O’Brian’s biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O’Brian is at his most brilliant. . . . He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two dogs, a cat and a goat.—Linda Colley, New York Times An absorbing, finely written overview, meant for the general reader, of a major figure in the history of natural science.—Frank Stewart, Los Angeles Times