Synopses & Reviews
Continuing the astonishing account begun in OUTWARD LEG. After recuperating in an Amsterdam hospital, Jones and his crew set off up the Rhine to face a severe European winter. Battling icy cold, petty-minded bureaucrats, Bulgarian gun-boats, and Romanian frontier police, and flying the Red Ensign, the Stars and Stripes, and the Red Dragon of Wales, he sails indomitably through eight countries to emerge triumphant in the Black Sea.
Synopsis
The Improbable Voyage continues the astonishing account begun in Outward Leg. Having half-recovered in an Amsterdam hospital from broken ribs and a collapsed lung, Jones, together with his crew, sets off up the Rhine and experiences a severe European winter. Battling ice and cold, petty-minded bureaucrats and customs officials, Bulgarian gun-boats and Romanian frontier police, flying the Red Ensign, the Stars and Stripes, and the Red Dragon of Wales, he sails indomitably through eight countries to emerge triumphant in the Black Sea.