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The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

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Post by Astrodene on Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:55

Must have missed this new novel when it came out at the end of last year.

It's based on the factual journey of a Galleon wrecked near the phillipines. I've added it to the website here

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Re: The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

Post by reb01501 on Thu 29 Oct 2009, 12:35

bounce Is it a new Drinkwater? I thought he had ended that series ...

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Re: The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

Post by Astrodene on Thu 29 Oct 2009, 12:44

No it seems to be a stand alone book. It's classed as fiction but from the reviews it seems to be closely woven into the factual history of the voyage set in 1601.

I'm surprised it was not mentioned in the interview he did with McBooks for the last quarterdeck

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Re: The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

Post by pipester on Tue 10 Nov 2009, 02:11

This is one of the grimmest (and, yes, boring) sea stories I have ever read. A Galleon leaves Manila bound for Panama and encounters a seemingly endless series of typhoons. The despotic soldiers in command of the ship clash with the sailing masters and crew. The perfervid priests/monks/nuns wail ceaseless prayers and the pampered passengers stir up bad feelings on every side. Potentially interesting back stories remain underdeveloped. There are long, repeated discussions about God's will and man's initiative. Are the serial disasters punishment for this or that person's sins? Misery and death mount to unimaginable heights and the resolution (such as it is) is unsatisfactory -- I suppose that's Woodman's point, but it doesn't make for an enjoyable read.


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Re: The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

Post by Paul-B on Tue 11 Oct 2011, 09:08

I hope it's better than pipester seems to think - I've just acquired this as an audiobook, read by Terry Wale and am looking forward to listening to it.

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Re: The Disastrous Voyage of the Santa Margarita

Post by Joolz on Tue 11 Oct 2011, 12:24

we await your report Smile

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