Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie Moby Dick. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986.

‘Utterly gripping’ Daily Telegraph‘Brilliant’ The Times‘Superbly readable … elegantly written … a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself’ Guardian‘As gripping as it is grissly … a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart’ Daily Mail

Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie Moby Dick. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986.

‘Utterly gripping’ Daily Telegraph‘Brilliant’ The Times‘Superbly readable … elegantly written … a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself’ Guardian‘As gripping as it is grissly … a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart’ Daily Mail

Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie Moby Dick. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986.

‘Utterly gripping’ Daily Telegraph‘Brilliant’ The Times‘Superbly readable … elegantly written … a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself’ Guardian‘As gripping as it is grissly … a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart’ Daily Mail