{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-sea-9781529438307","title":"Beasts of the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs deep and profound as the sea itself Philip Hoare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1741. The crew of Vitus Bering''s ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. \u003c\/b\u003eWith no hope of rescue, they give in to despair. Until they discover the flesh of a huge marine mammal that feeds in herds on the kelp in the bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1859. The Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e Governor Hampus Furuhjelm takes solace in the quest for a unique artefact: a complete skeleton of what is now known as Steller''s Sea Cow, rumoured to have disappeared a hundred years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven extinct, the sea cow will continue to shape lives and destinies,\u003c\/b\u003e from the woman charged with sketching its likeness from its bones, to the expert egg restorer who will refurbish those same bones a century later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tribute to an iconic lost creature, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration, \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e charts the unseen consequences of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what we, in our ignorance, have destroyed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Finnish by David Hackston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51926219358551,"sku":"9781529438307","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529438307.jpg?v=1760622734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beasts-of-the-sea-9781529438307","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}