The Caliban Shore : The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways
by Stephen Taylor
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571223303
- ISBN 13
- 9780571223305
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, UK, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 297 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Faber and Faber, UK, 2004. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The enthralling story of a famous eighteenth-century shipwreck - and what happened to the survivors.The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, the castaways found themselves utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the local people. Stephen Taylor pieces together the extraordinary tale of what happened next. He reveals the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tells the story of those who escaped, and unravels the mystery of those who stayed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; ISBN: 0571223303. ISBN/EAN: 9780571223305. Inventory No: 20090103.. 9780571223305
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20090103
- Title
- The Caliban Shore : The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways
- Author
- Stephen Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571223303
- ISBN 13
- 9780571223305
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Ships & the Sea; The Caliban Shore : The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships & the Sea;
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