The Wreck of the "Grosvenor"

"The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' " tells of the adventures of Edward Royle, the second mate on a sailing ship travelling from England to South America in the nineteenth century. With a hard-hearted captain and a mutinous crew, this was never going to be an easy voyage. When Royle spots a vessel foundering at sea, the trouble really starts and he is forced to chose between duty and conscience. "The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' " is perhaps William Clark Russell's most famous book. John Sutherland, ...