Fire Down Below
Author | : William Golding |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1989 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780374526382 |
ISBN-13 | : 0374526389 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The final book in a classic series that began with the Man Booker Prize-winning Rites of Passage To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journal--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship. An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill. To the Ends of the Earth: 1. Rites of Passage 2. Close Quarters 3. Fire Down Below