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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexander Larman

In brief: A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks; Red Side Story; The Shadows of London – review

A compass belonging to the cargo ship Gairsoppa
A compass belonging to the cargo ship Gairsoppa, one of the wrecks explored in David Gibbins’s new history. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

David Gibbins
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £25, pp304

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