To the Ends of the Earth

A new one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia. Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize)

'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.'

The Times Close Quarters

'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.'

Daily Mail Fire Down Below

'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.'

Sunday Times