A NEW YORK TIMES TOP-TEN BOOK OF 2024
A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook''s death
-Extraordinarily compulsive and fascinating. I felt it somehow told me more about the making of the modern world than any book I had read for ages'' STEPHEN FRY, BOOKS OF THE YEAR, Observer
-An astounding tale . . . recreated in swashbuckling detail . . . Sides delivers it with narrative urgency. The cast of characters is a joy-Sunday Times
-An enthralling account of Captain Cook-s final, fatal voyage- An excellent new book- The Economist
-A rollicking good read, with a tone that reminds me of David Grann-s recent tale of the 1741 Wager shipwreck . . . riveting- Daily Telegraph
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