The Murder Of Captain James Cook
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in the annals of exploration cast as long a shadow as Captain James Cook, and Richard Hough's The Murder of Captain James Cook confronts the violent, controversial end of this celebrated navigator's life with unflinching historical precision. The book chronicles the fateful events of February 1779 on the shores of Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii, where Cook — revered by some as a near-deity and resented by others as an intruder — met his death at the hands of indigenous islanders, unravelling the complex web of cultural misunderstanding, colonial tension, and personal pride that sealed his fate. Hough, a prolific maritime historian, brings his signature command of naval history to bear, reconstructing the final voyage of HMS Resolution with vivid, authoritative detail that implicates not only circumstance but character in Cook's demise. The narrative cuts through the mythology that has long enshrined Cook as an untouchable hero, presenting instead a nuanced portrait of a man whose extraordinary achievements were shadowed by the fatal miscalculations of his last command. For anyone drawn to the turbulent intersection of empire, exploration, and human fallibility, this account raises a question that lingers long after the final page: was Captain Cook's death a murder, a tragedy, or an inevitability?
Author: Richard Hough
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in the annals of exploration cast as long a shadow as Captain James Cook, and Richard Hough's The Murder of Captain James Cook confronts the violent, controversial end of this celebrated navigator's life with unflinching historical precision. The book chronicles the fateful events of February 1779 on the shores of Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii, where Cook — revered by some as a near-deity and resented by others as an intruder — met his death at the hands of indigenous islanders, unravelling the complex web of cultural misunderstanding, colonial tension, and personal pride that sealed his fate. Hough, a prolific maritime historian, brings his signature command of naval history to bear, reconstructing the final voyage of HMS Resolution with vivid, authoritative detail that implicates not only circumstance but character in Cook's demise. The narrative cuts through the mythology that has long enshrined Cook as an untouchable hero, presenting instead a nuanced portrait of a man whose extraordinary achievements were shadowed by the fatal miscalculations of his last command. For anyone drawn to the turbulent intersection of empire, exploration, and human fallibility, this account raises a question that lingers long after the final page: was Captain Cook's death a murder, a tragedy, or an inevitability?