Bedside Companion to the Sea

In the popular ‘Bedside Companion’ series, this anthology provides 366 extracts on the sea featuring fact and fiction, prose and poetry. Immerse yourself in salty scenes from classic literature taken from greats such as Herman Melville, Anthony Trollope and Virginia Woolf; mark seaside-themed recipes for the next time you have to impress a sailor for dinner; linger in ghostly shipwrecks and wash up on desert islands; learn about coastlines and smugglers; follow those who have sailed around the world.