{"product_id":"9781529438314","title":"Beasts of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sprawling, seething epic' Lucy Steeds, winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As deep and profound as the sea itself' Philip Hoare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1741. The crew of Vitus Bering's ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. With no hope of rescue, they give in to despair. Until they discover the flesh of a huge marine mammal that feeds in herds on the kelp in the bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1859. The Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e Governor Hampus Furuhjelm takes solace in the quest for a unique artefact: a complete skeleton of what is now known as Steller's Sea Cow, rumoured to have disappeared a hundred years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven extinct, the sea cow will continue to shape lives and destinies,\u003c\/b\u003e from the woman charged with sketching its likeness from its bones, to the expert egg restorer who will refurbish those same bones a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tribute to an iconic lost creature, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration, \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e charts the unseen consequences of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what we, in our ignorance, have destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Finnish by David Hackston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turpeinen, Iida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58870528049526,"sku":"9781529438314","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9781529438314.jpg?v=1790940729","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529438314","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}