{"product_id":"death-raft-the-human-drama-of-the-medusa-shipwreck-paperback","title":"Death Raft: The Human Drama of the Medusa Shipwreck - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander McKee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This most notorious of sea stories is calmly and chillingly retold by Alexander McKee ... cool, taut, and impossible to put down' - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'First-rate' - \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A weird and tragic narrative \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e... a spellbinding human drama that made its mark on history and art ... haunting' - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe shocking true story of the \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e shipwreck and a desperate struggle for survival at sea.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Grann, Piers Paul Read, Joe Simpson and Jonathan Franklin, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor fans of true-life survival dramas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn July 1816, 150 souls on a makeshift raft were deliberately set adrift in the Atlantic. After thirteen days of mutiny, murder, suffering and finally, cannibalism, only fifteen were left alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did a simple accident \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e sea turn into the most terrible shipwreck of the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003enineteenth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecentury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the French frigate \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e, bound for St. Louis in Senegal, ran aground on a sandbank off the west coast of Africa, those aboard were forced to abandon ship. While the captain and a select few claimed the lifeboats, 150 people were herded onto an overloaded raft cobbled together from parts of the frigate. Finding it impossible to tow the raft, the tow rope was cast off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet adrift upon a gale-lashed sea, with no provisions and no hope of rescue, the exhausted, dehydrated and sea-drenched castaways fell prey to hysterical violence. They were eventually forced to survive by consuming the bodies of the dead, until only fifteen remained to be rescued. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the published accounts of survivors, Alexander McKee powerfully reconstructs the ill-fated voyage of the \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e, describing in dramatic detail the actions of an incompetent captain, the full horror of the tragedy, and the ensuing political scandal that threatened the French government and which inspired an epic painting that hangs in the Louvre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA remarkable story of ineptitude and betrayal, courage and bravery, \u003ci\u003eDeath Raft \u003c\/i\u003eis the authoritative account of one of the most harrowing maritime disasters of all time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating reading' - Hammond Innes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the strangest and most horrifying true stories ever told.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- John Fowles, author of \u003ci\u003eThe French Lieutenant's Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637571285299,"sku":"9780854951772","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Ma6Tz-4CB79780854951772.webp?v=1762293260","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/death-raft-the-human-drama-of-the-medusa-shipwreck-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}