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Landfalls
Title:
Landfalls
ISBN:
9781504643597

9781504643610
Edition:
Unabridged.
Physical Description:
12 audio discs (14 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.
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Summary:
Reimagines the historical Lapérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, more than two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France. Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world--ranging from London to Alaska, from remote South Pacific islands to Siberia, and eventually back to France. The result is a beautifully written and absorbing tale of the high seas, scientific exploration, human tragedy, and the world on the cusp of the modern era.
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