A new one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia. _RITES OF PASSAGE_ (WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE) 'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.' _The Times_ _CLOSE QUARTERS_ 'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' _Daily Mail_ _FIRE DOWN BELOW_ 'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.'_Sunday Times_