Started: March 12, 2026
Completed: March 16, 2026
Recommendation: Mild recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Media: Audio
Completed: March 16, 2026
Recommendation: Mild recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Media: Audio
Review:
This is an odd book about an odd couple who had an odd experience. How English. The title is mildly misleading. The couple spent their marriage at sea, they were not married on the high seas. The only reason that they are known at all, I think, is that they were shipwrecked and eventually found in a raft near death. Then, as one does, they built another boat and went sailing some more. Their tale is mildly interesting. It is not a swashbuckling tale, but more one of grueling survival. Had I understood what it was when I picked it up, I think it is unlikely that I would have read it. My mild recommendation is due mostly to there being no romanticization of their experience. It is forthright, rugged, and rather unpleasant.
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