Ghostly boats, strange disappearances past and present

The new book on boats by the 'Historian of the Strange

Drifting wrecks, missing crews, macabre discoveries in the holds..

Discover the stories behind 27 famous ghost ships that have marked history: the Flying Dutchman, the Mary Celeste, the Octavius, the S.S. Ourang Medan..

From ancient maritime legends of the 17th century to contemporary cases, for a complete panorama of this phenomenon.

Are you ready to embark on an epic voyage on the waters of the strange? A ghost schooner that returns to haunt a port on All Hallows' Eve, an entire crew found frozen aboard a brig, a German sailor mummified on his yacht, a Russian liner infested with cannibal rats heading straight for England..

Thrills are guaranteed as you turn the pages of this book, which takes you on a fascinating maritime voyage in search of the ships, legendary or contemporary, that still haunt the seas between here below and beyond! From the mythical Flying Dutchman, condemned to roam the seas forever, to the recent shipwrecks of wandering freighters and the mystery of vanished crews, this book presents 30 astonishing tales that will plunge you into the mysteries of the oceans, on the frontier between reality and the paranormal.

14 cm x 21 cm

208 pages