His journey - encompassing fevers, mutiny, piracy, daring rescues and heroic sea battles - is a great and terribly overlooked adventure, and a prism through which to view England, and all of Europe, during one of the most pivotal periods in its history.

A history of the 17th century world, told through the life of Sir Kenelm Digby, one of the most remarkable Englishmen who ever lived. Now in paperback.