{"title":"Books by Roger D. Taylor","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780955803581","title":"Mingming II \u0026 the Impossible Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar to the north of Russia, across the cold waters of the Barents Sea, lies the desolate archipelago known as Franz Josef Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHidden away still further to the north and west of those islands is one of the most inaccessible and least known seas on this planet – the Queen Victoria Sea. In his fifth book of voyages, Roger Taylor describes his successful attempt to sail into those lonely and usually icebound waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the way he weathers the most northerly point of the Svalbard islands before sailing due east along 81°North to the north-west coast of Franz Josef Land. Pack-ice would normally render such a route impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis voyage, which linked the endpoints of Taylor’s two previous Arctic voyages to the north-west and north-east of Svalbard, marks the culmination of nearly fifty years of small-boat ocean sailing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaylor has been described in the yachting press as ‘one of the best sailing writers on this planets’ and ‘the best-balanced writer you will ever read’. His books combine vivid description with deep reflection, humour, an intimate knowledge of ocean species and a lifetime of practical sea-going experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295152025973,"sku":"9780955803581","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780955803581_f677fe6e-dc46-43ae-b0b7-5b2916b0d488.jpg?v=1786016209"},{"product_id":"9781739214203","title":"Travels Through a Window","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I have travelled more than three hundred miles since finishing my bowl of porridge. I sit at my window, attentive to the journey.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his sixth book, singlehanded sailor Roger Taylor stays ashore and turns his gaze towards the rugged Scottish landscape and rich wildlife visible through his loch-side window. Written as a kind of cosmic travelogue, the book reconciles the bleakness and beauty of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Taylor’s previous books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘One of the best sailing writers on the planet.’ \u003c\/em\u003e- Yachting Monthly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The best-balanced writer you will ever read.’\u003c\/em\u003e - Yachting World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The best-written accounts of seagoing under sail I have read in many a year’ \u003c\/em\u003e- Sailing Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A marvellous book of the sea’ \u003c\/em\u003e- Sea Breezes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304054665589,"sku":"9781739214203","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781739214203_172b7f9a-47c5-435e-bb8f-5db88da7a04e.jpg?v=1786024614"},{"product_id":"untold-voyage","title":"The Untold Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of the best sailing writers on this planet.”\u003c\/strong\u003e Keiran Flatt, Editor, \u003cem\u003eYachting Monthly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘There was, however, one voyage… and what happened on that voyage was so far beyond the compass of what I thought possible that I have never, until this moment, said or written a single word about it.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolo sailor Roger D. Taylor has written many books about his voyages to the Arctic. Some years ago, he made a voyage about which, until now, he has remained silent. What happened on that voyage was so unexpected and so devastating that Taylor threw all his logbooks and records overboard while still in the Greenland Sea. It was a voyage he wanted to erase from his memory forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime has now healed the traumas of that fateful passage, and Taylor has decided that the moment has come to relate what happened. Using just his memory, he has reconstructed the story of that summer cruise to the Far North and the terrible events that blighted it. In telling this untold story, the author hopes to lay to rest the ghosts which have haunted him for so long.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487981379957,"sku":"9781739214265","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781739214265.jpg?v=1786355286"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-roger-d-taylor.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}