I gave this book to my husband to read because he loves sailing and history. He was not disappointed. Here is his take on the story.
The story opens with quite an exciting storm, which hooks the reader right away with a great description. It was as though I was there. A real page turner.
Then the story lags a little with all the technical terminology of sailing terms (which thank goodness I know – the common man may not). When the Spanish words/sentences were spoken, the English translation was woven in so that you did not have to be fluent in Spanish to understand.
Then the story picks up again with the 'hunt for the captain of the "Hard Times Ship”‘and doesn’t let go. Townsend had quite the journey of discovery. No spoilers here. :)
The history is fascinating. It redefined slavery in Cuba, which was eye opening to me. You can tell that the author did a wonderful job of researching.
The story opens with quite an exciting storm, which hooks the reader right away with a great description. It was as though I was there. A real page turner.
Then the story lags a little with all the technical terminology of sailing terms (which thank goodness I know – the common man may not). When the Spanish words/sentences were spoken, the English translation was woven in so that you did not have to be fluent in Spanish to understand.
Then the story picks up again with the 'hunt for the captain of the "Hard Times Ship”‘and doesn’t let go. Townsend had quite the journey of discovery. No spoilers here. :)
The history is fascinating. It redefined slavery in Cuba, which was eye opening to me. You can tell that the author did a wonderful job of researching.