{"product_id":"neptune-s-fortune","title":"Neptune’s Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'full of heroism, greed, piracy, sunken treasure and adventure on the high seas... it's even more remarkable because it's true' ERIC SCHLOSSER New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCommand and Control\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'a splendid historical tale that’s been researched meticulously and told exceptionally well'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHAMPTON SIDES, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of 'The Wide Wide Sea'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'a rousing slice of narrative history, and a rip-roaring tale from bow to stern' \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMadhouse at the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger Dooley wasn’t looking for the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose. \u003c\/i\u003eBut an accidental discovery in the dusty stacks of a Spanish archive in the 1980s led him to the story of a lifetime—the journey of a ship that had gathered a mountain of riches from the New World for a long-awaited delivery to the King of Spain nearly three centuries earlier. But that ship, the galleon \u003ci\u003eSan Jose\u003c\/i\u003e, never reached its destination. Instead, the Spanish treasure fleet was drawn into a pitched battle with British ships of war off the coast of Cartagena. When the smoke cleared, the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose \u003c\/i\u003ehad disappeared into the ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough a diver at heart, Dooley was an unlikely candidate to find the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose\u003c\/i\u003e. Half Cuban by birth, he lived a life that stretched from the ballfields of Brooklyn to the shores of Castro’s Havana at the dawn of revolution, where he would help birth a fledgling nation’s diving program and make films with Jacques Cousteau, before finding himself placed on an international watch list and barred from the United States. Dooley had little in the way of serious credentials, yet his tenacity and single-minded devotion to finding the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose \u003c\/i\u003eled him to breakthroughs once thought impossible. As he jousted with famous treasure hunters and well-funded competitors, Dooley ultimately homed in on a patch of sea that might contain a three-hundred-year-old shipwreck—or nothing at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeptune's Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e plunges into a rarified world through the eyes of an idiosyncratic protagonist, one whose work would spark the hopes of presidents and make real the dreams of a nation. This tale of temerity and treasure is a one-of-a-kind story of a lost fortune and the decades-long quest to shine a light on the bounty at the bottom of the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'brilliantly written... if I were to choose one book to exemplify the fascination and folly of treasure-hunting, this would be it' DAVID GIBBINS, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Twleve Shipwrecks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003ea thoroughly engrossing read' SUSAN ORLEAN, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Library Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sancton is a masterful storyteller... Readers are in for a rare treat' SCOTT ANDERSON, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLawrence in Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55451156087128,"sku":"9780753560686","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780753560686.jpg?v=1772027152","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/neptune-s-fortune","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}