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Overview[Woodman] has quietly stolen the weather gauge from most of his rivals in the Hornblower stakes. - Observer Brilliantly told, the story catches every nuance...A convincing and compulsive seafaring story. - Oxford Times Wrenched by tragedy from a peaceful and respectable middle-class home in Victorian London, Hannah Kemball finds herself accompanying her father, Captain 'Cracker Jack' Kemball, aboard the tea-clipper 'Erl King' on a voyage to China. In Shanghai and Foochow, the crack British tea-clippers are loading the season's tea, preparing for the annual race to bring their valuable cargoes to the London market. Unfortunately for Hannah, only one thing matters to the iron-willed captains about to pit their skills against the perils of three oceans: to be the first to make it home. Overconfident of victory, Captain Kemball strikes a wager with the sinister Captain Richards of the 'Seawitch'. The stakes: Hannah's hand in marriage. As the fastest sailing vessels ever built storm across the world's oceans, Hannah learns thath this a race with no rules, and that murder, mayhem and deceit are all part of the game. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Woodman , Peter WickhamPublisher: Soundings Audio Books Imprint: Soundings Audio Books Edition: Unabridged edition ISBN: 9781845592394ISBN 10: 1845592395 Publication Date: 01 August 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |