Lay takes the reader on a new voyage of discovery alongside the great navigator, providing a fascinating re-assessment of the remarkable James Cook and his relationships with his colleagues and his wife. ScoopLay has written a superb series of novels...
Brave, inquisitive, entrepreneurial: Joseph Banks personified the spirit of late 18th century Enlightenment Europe. Banks’ fascination with the plant and animal kingdom began when he was a boy in rural Lincolnshire. A privileged upbringing saw him ...