Golding, William
Fire down below - London Faber & Faber 1989 - 313p.
A decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off course and battered by wind, storm and ice. Little but rope holds the disintegrating hull together. And after a risky operation to reset its foremast, an unseen fire begins to smoulder below decks.
0571191460
English literature- Fiction
English fiction
Ocean travel
Australia
Immigrants
Sea stories
Emigration and immigration
823.914 / GOL/F
Fire down below - London Faber & Faber 1989 - 313p.
A decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off course and battered by wind, storm and ice. Little but rope holds the disintegrating hull together. And after a risky operation to reset its foremast, an unseen fire begins to smoulder below decks.
0571191460
English literature- Fiction
English fiction
Ocean travel
Australia
Immigrants
Sea stories
Emigration and immigration
823.914 / GOL/F