- 2004 edition. 297 pages
- Published by Faber & Faber Ltd, London.
- Paperback. Format C.
- Very good condition. Minor corner creases.
The Fate of The Grosvenor Castaways. Illustrated and Indexed.
The enthralling story of a famous eighteenth-century shipwreck - and of what befell the ship's castaways on the Wild Coast of Southern Africa.
The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of southe-east Agrica, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely. But the castaways were hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost - and utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the people among whom they found themselves.
Drawing upon much new research, Stephen Taylor pieces together this extraordinary saga, sifting the myths that became attached to the Grosvenor from a reality that is no less gripping. Taking the reader to the heart of what is now the Wild Coast of Pondoland, he reveals the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tells the story of those who escaped and unravels the mystery of those who stayed.
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