The Return of Lono - Captain Cook's Voyage - O.A. Bushnell Taschenbuch

 
Traumhafte Abenteuer auf hoher See und die faszinierende Geschichte von Captain Cooks letzter Reise erwarten dich in diesem Roman. Stelle dir vor, du segelst mit der HMS Resolution, erlebst die Spannungen und Freuden der Crew und begegnest den Ureinwohnern Hawaiis. Du wirst Zeuge, wie Cook als Gott verehrt wird, und spürst die Gefahr, die diese Täuschung mit sich bringt. Mit jedem Kapitel tauchst du tiefer in die Intrigen und die Schönheit des Pazifiks ein. Lache über die skurrilen Missverständnisse und halte den Atem an, wenn das Schicksal zuschlägt. Dieses Buch ist eine Zeitreise, die dich nicht loslassen wird.

 
Kurzbeschreibung This story is a fictional reconstruction of the momentous visit to the island of Hawaii in 1779 by Captain James Cook and his company aboard H.M.S. Resolution and Discovery. The natives believed this first white visitor to be Lono, their long-awaited god of agriculture and the harvest. Realizing the benefits of being thought a god, Cook did nothing to dispel the misconception. Although most of his crew thoroughly enjoyed the pleasures offered by the island paradise, some men, including Ship's Master William Bligh (later captain of H.M.S. Bounty) and the American colonist John Ledyard, feared and resented the false position taken by their practical captain. In the quiet rebellion that followed, Captain Cook, a scientist and a man of reason, would not be persuaded by the convictions of his religious antagonist, who believed the mission doomed to failure because of his blasphemous acts. The accuracy of their predictions is left for the reader to story is told by Jonathan Forrest, a midshipman on Cook's flagship, the Resolution. Through his eyes are shown many scenes of shipboard and island life, the thoughts and actions of the ill-fated captain, and the events leading ultimately to the tragedy which affected the first Europeans to visit the Hawaiian Islands. Pressestimmen "[Bushnell's] imaginative creation of the figure of Captain Cook is a triumph ... a powerful, original, and psychologically convincing novel." Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende O.A. Bushnell is the foremost historical novelist writing about Hawaii today. His other books include Molokai, The Return of Lono, The Stone of Kannon, and The Water of Kane.

 
Beste Tatsache: Captain Cook wurde fälschlicherweise für einen Gott gehalten.