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Cassell, London. First edition 1978. For twenty-five years Nicholas Monsarrat has lived with a magnificent dream; a dream to strech a novelist's imagination to the limit - of one man living the hazardous life of a British seaman - Mathew Lawe - through four centuries of our maritime history, from the days of Drake and the Spanish Armada throuht many voyages with, Capt Cook, Hudson and the North West Passage, and Nelson at Cape Trafalgar. Original dust jacket over grey cloth covered end boards. Near fine condition. 524pp. 224 mm x 135 mm.