- Published: 3 December 2015
- ISBN: 9781473545168
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 176
Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex
The true story that inspired the film In the Heart of the Sea
- Published: 3 December 2015
- ISBN: 9781473545168
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 176
The effect is kaleidoscopic. A vivid portrait emerges of the shipwrecked men's privatations and fundamental moral dilemma: literally to eat or be eaten
Lawrence Norfolk
Chase's book still has an almost Biblical power
Mail on Sunday
An incredibly vivid journal of survival
Scotsman
The reading of this wondrous story...had a surprising effect on me
Herman Melville
When I found myself popping the notes I attach to potential quotes to virtually every page, I realised I might as well just deliver a rousing injunction to read the book for yourselves
Christina Hardyment, Independent
The gripping sea story which helped to inspire Moby-Dick
Christopher Frayling, Observer