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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 910.916375 EAN: 9781602391864 ISBN: 1602391866 Label: Skyhorse Publishing Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2007-08 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Studio: Skyhorse Publishing Editorial Review: Product Description: In 1816, a fleet of ships left France to accept the British hand-over of the port of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Among them was the frigate Medusa. A month after it set sail, she shank miles off of Africa’s west coast, leaving the passengers to flee on lifeboats and a raft cobbled together from parts of the sinking ship. After a failed attempt by those in the lifeboats to tow the raft, it—and the more than 150 people aboard—were abandoned. This is the horrific tale, filled with suicide, murder, and cannibalism, of those left behind. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good Read.The book is generally exciting and full of the horrors of the wrecking of the Medusa and the stuggles of the castaways. The book is so detailed about the actual grounding and wrecking of the ship that one wonders how the author was able to come up with such fine details of something that took place in 1816. It truly reads more like a novel and makes me wonder if the author didn't have to "fill in" a lot of blank spaces. Still it is a good book and well worth reading. Rating:  - Another great read!A fascinating book! One you can't put down. A brutal, yet interesting account of life as it was " back then". |
