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Book Synopsis''A masterpiece.'' New Yorker
''Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.'' Evening Standard
''A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.'' Sunday Times
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round the world sailing race as the perfect opportunity to showcase his product.
Few people knew that he wasn''t an experienced deep-water sailor. His progress was so slow that he decided to short-cut the journey, while falsifying his location through radio messages from his supposed course.
Everyone following the race thought that he was winning, and a hero''s welcome awaited him at home in Britain. But on 10 July 1968, eight months after he set off, his wife was told that his boat had been discovered drifting in mid-Atlantic. Crowhurst was missing, assumed drowned, and there was
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A masterpiece. * New Yorker *
Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched. -- James Cameron * Evening Standard *
A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster...fascinating, uncomfortable reading. -- Hammond Innes * Sunday Times *
The extraordinary story...for me goes with the essential documents of our time. -- Malcolm Muggeridge * Observer *
