Bound for the East Indies

Halsewell-A Shipwreck that Gripped the Nation

Andrew Norman

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Fonthill Media Ltd
10 September 2020

History; Maritime history; Military & naval ships; Navigation & seamanship; Ships & shipping: general interest; Bargains

The loss of East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' on the coast of Dorset in southern England in January 1786, touched the very heart of the British nation. `Halsewell' was just one of many hundreds of vessels which had been in the service of the Honourable East India Company since its foundation in the year 1600. In the normal course of events, `Halsewell' would have been expected to serve out her working life, before passing unnoticed into the history books.

However, this was not to be.

Halsewell's loss was an event of such pathos as to inspire the greatest writer of the age Charles Dickens, to put pen to paper; the greatest painter of the age J. M. W. Turner, to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.

Artefacts from the wreck continue to be recovered to this very day which, and for variety, interest, curiosity, and exoticism, rival those recovered from Spanish armada galleons wrecked off the west coast of Ireland two centuries previously. Such artefacts shed further light both on `Halsewell' herself, and on the extraordinary lives of those who sailed in her.

By: Andrew Norman
Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781781557532
ISBN 10: 1781557535
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Midsomer Norton Grammar School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife. From 1972-83, Andrew was a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, before a spinal injury cut short his career. His published works include biographies of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy, T. E. Lawrence, Adolf Hitler, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, Marilyn Monroe. Andrew married his second wife Rachel, in 2005.

Reviews for Bound for the East Indies: Halsewell-A Shipwreck that Gripped the Nation

"""Two centuries later, the wreck still appeals to divers, treasure hunters, and Andrew Norman, who has written a gripping story.""-- ""The Northern Mariner"""