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Item Details
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ALAN VILLIERS
VOYAGER OF THE WINDS |
| By: |
Kate Lance, Robin Knox-Johnston (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1742230199 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781742230191 |
| Publisher: |
UNSW PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2009 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Based on extensive research in both Australia and England, Kate Lance has produced a fascinating portrait of Villiers and the world he inhabited. Lance depicts the legendary sailor as a man of contradictions, who lived for the sea and adventure, and who is now respected and recognised as a brilliant writer, photographer, journalist and adventurer. |
| Synopsis: |
In this first full biography of Alan Villiers, based on extensive research in both Australia and England, Kate Lance has produced a fascinating portrait of Villiers and the world he inhabited. Recipient of the prestigious Mountbatten Maritime Award, 2009. The Awards Committee said: 'For her truly illuminating biography of Alan Villiers, a complex and sometime difficult man who had an immense influence on the popular understanding of voyaging under sail. Voyager of the Winds is outstandingly researched and beautifully written as it unfurls the true character of this extraordinary seafarer.' |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
Australia |
| Imprint: |
UNSW Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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