02721cam a2200325 4500 545465818 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781504643559 1504643550 fb766331-fba9-4767-a095-08c461832251 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2264765 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Williams, Naomi J. Landfalls [Libby Audiobook]. Blackstone Publishing, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 383MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 383MB. HTML:<p>The gripping story of a dramatic eighteenth-century voyage of discovery</p> <p>In her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi Williams reimagines the historical La Pérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France.</p> <p>Deeply grounded in historical fact but refracted through a powerful imagination, <i>Landfalls</i> follows the exploits and heartbreaks not only of the men on the ships but also of the people affected by the voyage—natives and other Europeans the explorers encountered, loved ones left waiting at home, and those who survived and remembered the expedition later. Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world—ranging from London to Alaska, from remote South Pacific islands to Siberia, and eventually back to France. The result is a beautifully written and absorbing tale of the high seas, scientific exploration, human tragedy, and the world on the cusp of the modern era.</p> <p>By turns elegiac, profound, and comic, <i>Landfalls</i> reinvents the maritime adventure novel for the twenty-first century.</p>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Lane, Christopher. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/2264765-Landfalls.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fb766331-fba9-4767-a095-08c461832251&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/2264765-Landfalls.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fb766331-fba9-4767-a095-08c461832251&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)