Title: The invented bits ruined it for me.
Product review: Normally I will read and enjoy just about any non-fiction concerning the age of sail, but the non-fiction in this book gets drowned out by the (painfully obviously) contrived 'inner thoughts' of many of the participants.I cannot recommend you buying this book if you are hoping for a factual account of the construction and maiden voyage of a famous clipper (even though the actual reasearch that was done is adequate, if only just) , and, honestly, I cannot recommend this book to someone looking for a romantic fictionalized version of the same thing either. The romantic fiction stuff, in addition to being such pure invention, clunks something awful.
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