Joël Métreau<p>Recently, I reviewed for Le Monde a wonderful book, written by Hampton Sides. I remember meeting him a few years ago when "In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette" was translated and publish in France. His latest "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook" is as great. For those who loved "Madness at the End of Earth" from Julian Sancton and "The Wager" from David Gann, I deeply recommend <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/TheWideWideSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWideWideSea</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/HamptonSides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamptonSides</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Surlavastevastemer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surlavastevastemer</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/BooksWorthReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BooksWorthReading</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/jamescook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jamescook</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/critique-litteraire/article/2025/02/16/les-breves-critiques-du-monde-des-livres-daniel-cordier-eleonore-de-duve-loriano-macchiavelli-arnaud-sagnard_6549942_5473203.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lemonde.fr/critique-litteraire</span><span class="invisible">/article/2025/02/16/les-breves-critiques-du-monde-des-livres-daniel-cordier-eleonore-de-duve-loriano-macchiavelli-arnaud-sagnard_6549942_5473203.html</span></a></p>