{"product_id":"before-the-wind-9780140291919","title":"Before the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharles Tyng\u003c\/b\u003e's quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the nineteenth century. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor. \u003cb\u003eBefore the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as \u003cb\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/b\u003e and the novels of \u003cb\u003ePatrick O'Brian\u003c\/b\u003e. Both Tyng's life and the way he recounts his years at sea are full of wonder: He survives shipwrecks, squalls, and pirates. He makes and loses fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton. He meets \u003cb\u003eLord Byron\u003c\/b\u003e as well as the British princess (later queen) \u003cb\u003eVictoria\u003c\/b\u003e. Sailors, armchair travelers, history buffs, and lovers of pulse-quickening maritime stories will find this book as seductive as the siren song of the sea.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62231360045443,"sku":"9780140291919","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780140291919.jpg?v=1785343618","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/before-the-wind-9780140291919","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}