Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 450 pages
- Published by: BookSurge Publishing October 26, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1419614002
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1419614002
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
The story of a man's obsession in searching for one of history's richest shipwrecks. It is also a story of treason and intrigue, for Phips's success in recovering vast wealth from the depths of ocean helped unseat a king. The revolution altered the balance of power between England and France in Europe and, later, in North America. It is an unusual story about an unusual man, for Phips was one of North America's foremost adventurers of the seventeenth century.
About The Author
GRAHAM HARRIS is a retired civil engineer living on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He has authored and co-authored a number of articles and books, including Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, Treasure and Intrigue:The Legacy of Captain Kidd, and The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: A Geotechnical Perspective which was the basis for a BBC documentary.
Reader ReviewsWhat a wonderful book! Once again Mr. Harris has displayed his inimitable skills as storyteller and wordsmith. And what a delightful story it is! Transporting the reader back three hundred and fifty odd years is not at an easy task at the best of times but Mr. Harris succeeds with such a degree of realism that one cannot help but feel an active participant as the various and history-changing events unfold. This is truly a wonderful tale exquisitely told, only the true historian would be bold enough to attempt to seperate fact from speculation, so well woven are the characters and events that make up this fascinating tale. Mr. Harris has an uncommon knack for capturing the reader and keeping them spell-bound right through to the last page. This indeed, is a very difficult book to put down. If one may mention a niggling but hopefully constructive criticism it is simply that this tome cries out for some illustration ~ period maps would be extremely helpful, along, perhaps with sketches of the main characters, dwellings, ships, etc., etc., etc. This would, I respectfully submit, draw the reader even further into the somewhat difficult (at least, for some) life of the seventeenth century. Perhaps in the next printing........
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