Pippa Blake journey
By: Pippa Blake a collaboration with Trish Clarke
Contributors: Clarke, Trish
Publisher: Penquin Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Auckland, NZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780143566298
Subjects: Women artists; Art; Sailors; Yacht racing; Sailing ships; Biography
Description: On 5 December 2001 New Zealand sporting and adventure hero Sir Peter Blake was killed by bandits at the mouth of the Amazon River. In this intimate account, Pippa Blake offers a private view of Sir Peter the husband and family man. Unpublished photographs from her personal albums, behind the scenes stories of Sir Peter's sailing adventures and Pippa's own journal entries and artworks provide a moving insight into a life shared with one of this country's greatest sporting legends.