To the Ends of the Earth A Sea Trilogy

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. <p><b><i>Rites of Passage</i> (Winner of the Booker Prize)</b></p> <p>'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.' <i>The Times</i></p> <p><b><i>Close Quarters</i></b></p> <p>'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' <i>Daily Mail</i></p> <p><b><i>Fire Down Below</i></b><br> 'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.' <i>Sunday Times</i></p>