The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century and inspiration for Moby-Dick reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy.
When the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket in 1819, the unthinkable happened. A mere speck in the vast Pacific ocean and powerless against the forces of nature Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale, and her twenty crewmen were forced to take to the open sea in three small boats. Ninety days later only a handful of survivors were rescued and a terrifying story of desperation, cannibalism and courage was revealed...
One of the greatest sea yarns ever spun, In the Heart of the Sea is the true story of the extraordinary events that inspired Herman Melville s masterpiece Moby-Dick .
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By sticking to the tried and tested Longitude formula, Philbrick has missed a slight trick or two. The epicentre of the whaling industry was Nantucket, a small island off Cape Cod; most of the whales were in the Pacific, a huge journey around the southernmost tip of America. We never learn the reason for this distance and why no one ever tried to create an alternative whaling capital somewhere nearer. Similarly, Philbrick tells us that the story of the Essex was well known to Americans for decades but he never explores how such legends fade from our consciousness. Philbrick would no doubt reply that such questions were beyond his remit and you can't exactly accuse him of skimping on his research; 50 pages of footnotes is impressive by any standards and to give him his credit he wears his learning light. Unlike many academics, he doesn't get bogged down in turgid detail and the narrative rattles along at a nice pace. And when the story line is as good as this, you can't really ask for more.--John Crace
As gripping as it is grisly, with a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart Daily Mail
A classic ... one of the most chilling books I have ever read Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm
Fascinating ... When it comes to extremes, In the Heart of the Sea is right there at the edge Wall Street Journal
Superbly readable ... elegantly written ... a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself Guardian
Utterly gripping Daily Telegraph
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