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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 191 pages. On 5 December 2001 New Zealand sporting and adventure hero Sir Peter Blake wa s killed by bandits at the mouth of the Amazon River. In this intimate account, Sir Peter's wife Pippa offers an intensely personal account of their life togeth er. Unpublished photographs from her personal albums, behind-the-scenes stories of Sir Peter's sailing adventures, and Pippa's own journal entries and artworks provide a moving insight into a life shared with one of this country's greatest sporting legends.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to.pp. 192. Signed presentation copy: "to darling George, my lifelong friend and BF foreverÉ from the old cc and clucker Pippa B xxx." Original publisher's binding in steel grey, lettered white. Dust jacket in grey, lettered white on yellow at spine and featuring a colour photograph of Pippa Blake. Plentiful colour photographs illustrate the text, giving an insight into the Blake's family life plus the extra extraordinary journeys and adventures of the famous yachtsman. /Sir Peter James Blake KBE (1948Ð2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman and adventurer who won the 1989Ð1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the around the world sailing record as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand along with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup. Blake was shot and killed by pirates while monitoring environment change on the Amazon River on 5 December 2001. He was 53 years old. Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly creased at edges. Signedes.…