First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019
Published in this ebook edition in 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008347918
Ebook Edition © September 2019 ISBN: 9780008347932
Version: 2019-08-20
For Tom and Kate,
and for Hannah, Jack and Zoe.
M.M.
To my big brothers,
Ivan and Pud,
giants of my boyhood.
M.F.
With thanks to Jonathan Swift, author of the great
Gulliver’s Travels, published on 28 October 1726.
Thanks also to Clare, Michael Foreman, Vicki
Berwick, Nick Lake and Ann-Janine Murtagh for
their help in making this book happen.
And also my thanks to Sarah Outen, ocean rower
extraordinaire, and an inspiration to us all.
‘Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise’
George Whitman
CONTENTS
15. Round End Good. Sharp End Bad
16. The Wrecking of the Warships
18. How to Crack an Egg, Peacefully