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Bis ans Ende der Meere
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To the End of the Sea

Published by Diogenes as Bis ans Ende der Meere
Original Title: Bis ans Ende der Meere
London 1781. By order of the admiralty, John Webber delivers a portrait of her husband to the widow of James Cook. Outraged, the widow refuses to accept the present, claiming that she does not recognise her husband in it. Although shocked, Webber can sympathise with the woman. Upon the return of Captain Cook's ship »Resolution«, the admiralty issued a complete ban on mentioning the details of the circumstances of Cook's tragic death. And the portrait too only serves one purpose: to perpetuate the heroic memory of the great captain and to make sure that he will go down in history as one of England's noble explorers. But Webber knows the truth about Cook's four-year long journey, his third and last voyage around the world, and all the tormenting images, which he has been prohibited from drawing, will haunt him for the rest of his life.

General Fiction
496 pages
2009

978-3-257-06686-9
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»Lukas Hartmann develops great poetic power, full of sensibility and eloquent silence.«
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
»›To the End of the Sea‹ is a historical novel that leads its reader into a long-ago past but still finds a connection to where and how we live today.«
Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich
»Lukas Hartmann uses historical facts like an old, blemished mirror, in which we see not scenes from the past, but just ourselves looking in. Trying to find out how we became what we are today.«
Brigitte Neumann / NDR Kultur, Hanover
»Lukas Hartmann develops great poetic power, full of sensibility and eloquent silence.«
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
»›To the End of the Sea‹ is a historical novel that leads its reader into a long-ago past but still finds a connection to where and how we live today.«
Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich
»Lukas Hartmann uses historical facts like an old, blemished mirror, in which we see not scenes from the past, but just ourselves looking in. Trying to find out how we became what we are today.«
Brigitte Neumann / NDR Kultur, Hanover
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