Sailing Alone : A HistoryAuthor: King, Richard J. Maritime history Published on 5 September 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 512 pages 197 x 130 x 20 352g **Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation Award for Best Book 2024** 'An exceptional book. Sailing Alone belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea' Peter Nichols, author of Sea Change and A Voyage for Madmen'Colourful and inventive' The TimesSailing on a boat by

Emmeline Widget has never left Widget Manor - and that's the way she likes it

Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles

the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody

and the lure of a dangerous and illicit attraction

Teaming up with the CIA

painting and cut-paper collage to perfectly express the blending of human and fantastic traits from which mythical beings are made

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unpublished interviews

all of which are illustrated with paintings and intimate photographs created by members of the group

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Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate their room