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Derek Lundy (born 1946) is a Canadian author.

His first published book was Scott Turow: Meeting the Enemy. He achieved bestseller status with his sophomore work, Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters, an account of the harrowing 1996 Vendee Globe round the world single-handed sailing race. It has been called "the best book ever written about the terrifying business of single-handed sailing..." and Time Magazine called it "one of the best books ever written about sailing." The book was a national bestseller in Canada and has been published around the world in translation.

He subsequently published The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail, a semi-fictionalized account of the voyage of Benjamin Lundy around Cape Horn on a square rigged sailing vessel in the late 19th century.

His next work was published in 2006 and was called The Bloody Red Hand: A Journey through Truth, Myth and Terror in Northern Ireland. It is an account of the Northern Irish Troubles and their historical roots, told through three of Lundy's ancestors, each of whom played an important role in Irish history. Although Lundy is an (Irish-born) Canadian author, the book received high praise in the United Kingdom. For example, Roy Foster (the Irish historian) stated in The Guardian that the book was "terse, idiomatic and arresting" and spoke of the "impressively assured" control of the material. The Independent said that it was a "distinguished work: erudite, earnest, elucidative, even-handed in its attempt to probe the Northern Ireland Protestant mind and memory-box".

Lundy's current work in progress is called Borderline: Riding the Edge of America.

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Total Books: 34
The Bloody Red Hand A Journey Through Truth Myth and Terror in Northern Ireland
Borderlands Riding the Edge of America
Borderlands Riding the Edge of America (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780307398628
ISBN-10: 0307398625
Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction
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Gnadenlose See Ein Yachtrennen am Ende der Welt
Gnadenlose See Ein Yachtrennen Am Ende Der Welt (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783768811460
ISBN-10: 3768811468
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Godforesaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Godforesaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780770428686
ISBN-10: 0770428681
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Godforsaken Sea
Godforsaken Sea (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780676971378
ISBN-10: 0676971377
  • Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
 3

Godforsaken Sea Racing the Worlds Most D
Godforsaken Sea Racing the Worlds Most D (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965011167
ISBN-10: 096501116X
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 2

Godforsaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Godforsaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780224059701
ISBN-10: 022405970X
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Godforsaken Sea  Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Godforsaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Audio Cassette)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781565113480
ISBN-10: 1565113489
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 3

Godforsaken Sea  Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Godforsaken Sea Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9781565122291
ISBN-10: 1565122291
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 4

Godforsaken Sea  The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Godforsaken Sea the True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780385720007
ISBN-10: 0385720009
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 11

Godforsaken Sea The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters
L'Epreuve Histoire du Vende Globe 19961997
L'epreuve Histoire Du Vende Globe 19961997 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782911755408
ISBN-10: 2911755405
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Men That God Made Mad
Men That God Made Mad (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780224072960
ISBN-10: 022407296X
Genre: History
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Men That God Made Mad A Journey Through Truth Myth and Terror in Northern Ireland
Men That God Made Mad  A Journey Through Truth Myth and Terror in Northern Ireland
Men That God Made Mad a Journey Through Truth Myth and Terror in Northern Ireland [Ireland] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780224078627
ISBN-10: 0224078623
Genre: History
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O Mar Esquecido Por Deus  Coleo Viagens Radicais
O Mar Esquecido Por Deus Coleo VIagens Radicais (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788501058447
ISBN-10: 8501058440
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Scott Turow Meeting the Enemy
Scott Turow Meeting the Enemy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781550222340
ISBN-10: 1550222341
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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The Way of a Ship
The Way of a Ship (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780099286622
ISBN-10: 0099286629
Genre: Travel
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The Way of a Ship  A SquareRigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
The Way of a Ship A SquareRigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
The Way of a Ship CD  A SquareRigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail