- 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
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
An incredibly vivid journal of survival
Scotsman