The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Fiction_Gift_Guide Stig is contesting the annual

Stig is contesting the annual Maktig competition to decide Skandia’s greatest warrior

and William’s newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache

It’s a small life with little joy and no likelihood of escape

and people he happened to meet

As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Fiction_Gift_Guide Stig is contesting the annualNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling and superbly crafted (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cooks death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. One of The New York Times Book Reviews 10 Best Books of the Year A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, THE NEW YORKER, THE SMITHSONIAN, AND