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The Investigators - Softcover

Hill, Anthony

 
9781760896713: The Investigators
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1760896713 ISBN 13: 9781760896713
Verlag: Penguin Random House Australia, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A novel of high adventure, exploration, shipwreck and survival, based on the life of Matthew Flinders' cousin, fifteen-year-old midshipman John Franklin, by the award-winning author of Soldier Boy. ' Our discoveries have been great, but the risks and misfortunes many.' John Franklin always wanted to be a sailor. As a volunteer in the Royal Navy at age fourteen, he found himself in the Battle of Copenhagan, but nothing could prepare him for the adventure of a lifetime, when he set off in 1801 with his cousin Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator as it sought to chart the first circumnavigation of Australia. Taking on responsibility for the chronometers, under the jealous eye of Flinders' younger brother, the young midshipman found all the action, adventure and excitement he' d hoped for in his new life at sea. It inspired him to become one of the great navigators and explorers of the 19th century. However, he wasn't quite so prepared for the other challenges that life onboard had in store - the rivalries with fellow shipmates, the shortages of food, and the harsh realities of what they encountered in the colonies.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anthony Hill is a multi-award-winning, bestselling author. His most recent book for adults, The Story of Billy Young, was published in 2012. His novel Soldier Boy, about Australia's youngest known Anzac, was winner of the 2002 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Books for Young Adults. His most recent children's book, Captain Cook's Apprentice, won the 2009 NSW Premier's Young People's History Prize.

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Verlag
Penguin Random House Australia
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1760896713
ISBN 13 
9781760896713
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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