The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst - Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall [epub]

In the autumn of 1968, Donald Crowhurst set sail from England to participate in the first single-handed nonstop around-the-world sailboat race. Eight months later, his boat was found in the mid-Atlantic, intact but with no one on board. In this gripping reconstruction, journalists Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall tell the story of Crowhurst's ill-fated voyage.

"The sea drama of the century." - Sir Francis Chichester

"A masterpiece." - The New Yorker

"Fascinating, uncomfortable reading." - Hammond Innes

"Wholly riveting, superbly professional, brilliantly researched, and presented with the sort of critical compassion that is the mark of really fine journalism. It was quite a new sort of book to me, and it cost me an entire night's sleep." - James Cameron

"The extraordinary story...Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall...tell brilliantly, with commendable consideration and compassion for all concerned; especially for Crowhurst and his wife Clare, For me their narrative goes with the essential documents of our time." - Malcolm Muggeridge

"One of the most extraordinary stories about the sea ever to be published." - The Washington Post