Resumen
A. N. Wilsons powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britains period of expansion and exploration. Wilsons protagonist, witness to Cooks brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist on board the HMS Resolution, on Cooks second expedition to the southern hemisphere, and penned a famous account of the journey.