To the Ends of the Earth

A new one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia. Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize) ''The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.'' The Times Close Quarters ''A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.'' Daily Mail Fire Down Below ''Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.'' Sunday Times