Close Quarters

<p><b>To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. <i>Close Quarters </i>marks the sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning <i>Rites of Passage</i> </b><br><br>Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journal--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.<br><br>An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.<br><br><b>To the Ends of the Earth:</b><br>1. <i>Rites of Passage</i><br>2. <i>Close Quarters</i><br>3. <i>Fire Down Below</i></p>