Overview
Frank Pope pulls back the curtain on the intensely competitive underworld of shipwrecks in this thrilling story of treasure hunting gone wrong. When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound--dubbed the Indiana Jones of the Deep by the Discovery Channel--teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The stakes were high: The Hoi An wreck lay hundreds of feet down in a typhoon-prone stretch of water off the coast of Vietnam known as the Dragon Sea. Raising its contents required saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats. But the potential rewards were equally high: Bound would revolutionize thinking about Vietnamese ceramics, and his partner would make a fortune auctioning off the pieces. Or so they thought. In Dragon Sea, Pope delivers an engrossing tale of danger, adventure, and ambition--a fascinating lesson in what happens when scholarship and money join forces to recover lost treasure.
Full Product Details
Author: Frank Pope
Publisher: Harvest Books
Imprint: Harvest Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 20.40cm
Weight: 0.336kg
ISBN: 9780156033299
ISBN 10: 0156033291
Pages: 341
Publication Date: 03 December 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
PRAISE FOR DRAGON SEA Treasure and typhoons, conflict and greed, plus a cast of intriguing characters and a weighty issue at its heart--Frank Pope's tale has all the ingredients of a classic thriller. But it's all true. A stunning debut. --Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer It takes a writer of extraordinary talent to tell a story like the one we find in Dragon Sea, but Frank Pope is one. This masterful recreation of the salvaging of the Hoi An hoard is as exciting as it is suspenseful--a thoughtful and gripping true thriller. --Clive Cussler
PRAISE FOR DRAGON SEA Treasure and typhoons, conflict and greed, plus a cast of intriguing characters and a weighty issue at its heart--Frank Pope's tale has all the ingredients of a classic thriller. But it's all true. A stunning debut. --Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer <br> It takes a writer of extraordinary talent to tell a story like the one we find in Dragon Sea, but Frank Pope is one. This masterful recreation of the salvaging of the Hoi An hoard is as exciting as it is suspenseful--a thoughtful and gripping true thriller. --Clive Cussler
Author Information
FRANK POPE has worked on underwater expeditions under the auspices of Oxford MARE (Maritime Archeological Research and Excavation), including the salvage of Lord Nelson's flagship Agamemnon. He divides his time between London and Nairobi.
