{"product_id":"shipwreck","title":"Shipwreck","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEssex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitanic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKyrenia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ship of 300 BC to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMary Rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, through to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKursk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40236095668309,"sku":"9781848664333N","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/26c5d94a-2741-4f86-9f8f-365f82ab64c5.jpg?v=1660304644","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/shipwreck","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}