Atlantic
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Atlantic

Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million StoriesBy Simon WinchesterNarrated by Simon Winchester
Length14h 30m

About this audiobook

"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate historian, Winchester sets the great blue sea's epic narrative against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution, telling not only the story of an ocean, but the story of civilization. Fans of Winchester's Krakatoa, The Man Who Loved China, and The Professor and the Madman will love this masterful, penetrating, and resonant tale of humanity finding its way across the ocean of history.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 3.9 (13.8K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing, StoryGraph
GenreHistory, Psychology
Length14 hrs 30 mins
Narrated bySimon Winchester
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 2, 2010
LanguageEnglish

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