In this novel, Ben Foxe travels to Australia in the early 19th Century, gets shipwrecked, and has to make his way back to England. His journey takes him through various countries, and has many affairs with the ladies along the way, as he endeavours to reach his homeland. David Pope was born, grew up and educated in the historic city of Bath in Somerset, England. Interested in history since his school days, he ahs read many books on British history. He has researched his family tree exstensively and written his family history. Emigrating to Australia in 1973, he is currently living in Cairns, Queensland. David is married with four children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren.