The East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' set sail on 1 January 1786, en route from England to India.
Her dramatic demise touched the very heart of the nation.
It inspired Charles Dickens to put pen to paper; J.
Turner to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.
Illustrations: 54 colour and black & white illustrations.
Fonthill Media Bound for the east indies. halsewell-a shipwreck that gripped the nation, paperback/andrew norman
