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The Cruise of the Nona Paperback – January 1, 2014

by Hilaire Belloc (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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This book was written when Belloc was fifty-five years old, and it is a perfect introduction to the man and his mind. It is a set of mature reflections on sailing the sea, on life, and on all things universal and Catholic. He had lived courageously in the first half of the 2oth century, when all the world was changing irrevocably, and the events of the era were now well-assessed in his maturity.

"Fortunately we have a guidebook to Belloc s rich and variegated mind in The Cruise of the Nona. In this book which he wrote in a discursive and rare mood of self-revelation, will be found all that was Belloc. Here is the Poet, the Master of Prose, the Controversialist, the Historian, the Philosopher, and the Catholic. In this book too will be found the reflections of all his moods which were as bewildering in their number and rapidity of variation as were the characters he adopted. Both in mood and in character he was kaleidoscopic. Here is Belloc the Satirist, the Epigrammatist, the Loveable Friend, the Boisterous, the Wit, the Remote and Sombre, the Christian Champion, and the Pagan Mystic, the Learned Classicist as well as the gay Word-Juggler." "It is impossible to write of Belloc without being contradictory and paradoxical, for he himself was both. There were however, two strong threads which were the warp and the woof of the backcloth against which all the many men who were Belloc appeared. These threads were a strong and simple religious faith and a passionate love of truth." From the Introduction by Lord Stanley of Alderly

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    386 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Loreto Publications
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2014
  5. ISBN-10
    1622920767
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1622920761
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Loreto Publications (January 1, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1622920767
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1622920761
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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David B. Ryckman
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2014
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William Gerhard
1.0 out of 5 stars Careless Text Reproduction
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023
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Looking for Hilaire Belloc’s CRUISE of the NONA I made the wrong choice. While cover and binding are nicely done, the text reproduction is abominable, full of printing errors and constant interposition of the book’s title, often in mid-sentence - utterly annoying, and a pity for this author and his highly spirited story & philosophical musings.
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Gord Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excursions and Discursions
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2016
I don't generally like to read mysteries, which usually turn on the clever finding out of a grisly murder, but I like to read Chesterton's, which really aren't about that at all. I don't like to read golf stories, since I don't know anything about the game, but I like to read P.G. Wodehouse's golf stories, which really aren't about that at all. I don't like to read sailing books, as I haven't the slightest understanding of it, but this one is quite intriguing, despite the fact that I have no idea of what is being talked about, and Belloc goes off on endlessly fascinating diversions.

Even when I began reading, nay, devouring Chesterton, I still didn't read his friend Belloc, as I didn't know what to read. I read "The Four Men", which is (and is not) about taking long walks, and Joseph Pearce's biography of him, "Old Thunder". Then "The Path to Rome" (which sounds like it is about converting to Rome, but is actually about walking to it). What I found is an amazing writer, and a personable human. I find myself scrawling down lines and half-lines just because the wording is so good. In my experience, nobody writes like this anymore. The words sail like the sea, and blow like the wind. They knock around like a boat in a storm, and splash about like the tide.

The copy I borrowed was the 1958 Penguin paperback reprint of the 1925 book, like the Nona, still seaworthy, a bit worse for wear. But I hoped it would be reprinted, and this Loreto Press edition looks perfectly decent, especially if, like me, you want to go back and reread certain passages, if not the entire book.

I daresay that if you did like mysteries, you might get more out of Chesterton's than I do. If you did play golf, you might chuckle a bit more reading Wodehouse than I do. And if you do sail, you might find a certain enjoyment in this book that I am missing, for all that I delight in it. If you get through it (250 pp. in the Penguin edition), you will find near the end (starting on page 224 in the Penguin ed.) Belloc's Rules for Sailing. He distinguishes sailing from racing, and from motoring. If you actually like sailing, as opposed to these other two modes of boating, you may enjoy comparing his list with your own.

As for me, I could have used more diverting anecdotes on writing, and Parliament, and religion, and history, despite the fact that these subjects likely inform his myriad other books. And just because I give a book five stars doesn't mean I don't think it has a down side. And it's a significant one. This book has no chapters. For someone who likes to read one short chapter at a time (unlike C.S. Lewis, who liked to plow through infinitely long books), this is distressing. Are there no breaks in the text? Yes, a little line of stars. But I still don't see why the pieces cannot be broken into numbered fragments to aid the reader. That is a minor cavil, easily overcome in a book with so much to commend it, by a writer so eminently readable. Were it a lesser book, however, I simply would not have read it.
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John Rodick
1.0 out of 5 stars very poor sailing story
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2013
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If you are a true sailor and look for a good sailing story,do not buy this book. I read abouit 150 pages out of 344 and found very little sailing story. At times I had to stop and think "what was this book realy about".
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Roger Buck, author of THE GENTLE TRADITIONALIST
5.0 out of 5 stars More Belloc Magic ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015
What can I say? Everything Belloc touched turns to magic for me.

This book, however, is the closest the great man ever came to autobiography. Whilst ostensibly, Belloc is recording a sea journey made around the coast of Britain, the occasion gives rise to many memories from his past.

In addition to these reminiscences, the book is also filled with his penetrating analysis of Europe and the world in the 1920s.

Some have found the sailing sections a little slow, with their technical language on the art of boating. I confess to feeling a bit the same.

But the rest more than makes up for it! Belloc's view of the events that were current in his time is always shrewd and penetrating. And if only he had written more autobiography like the fragments given here …

Highly recommended. And although I own an old copy, I am thrilled to see Loreto books are reissuing Belloc and hope their efforts will be given the reward and support they deserve.
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Mississippi Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quality
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014
There are plenty of reviews of Belloc's masterpiece, so I will briefly concentrate on this edition. I purchased this directly from the publisher before realizing Amazon offered it . . . Kudos to Loreto Publications for reprinting it in such a helpful and well bound format. It is a joy to read. And even more kudos for reprinting the 1955 introduction by Lord Stanley of Alderly. It is perhaps the best brief introduction to Belloc there is. He touches upon all of Belloc's lifelong themes and helps to make clear Belloc's intents in penning this volume in particular. Loreto promises to reprint several more volumes of Belloc, and we eagerly await their publication. If their format and quality are as high as this one--and they will be, knowing Loreto's quality--having them will be a real treat.
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Richard Toews
1.0 out of 5 stars Not an impressive publication
Reviewed in Canada on May 13, 2021
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I have to say, I have never yet, purchased a book that has zero page numbers, no copyright page and full of spelling errors. So not impressed. It looks like a book someone put together on their Commodore 64 and forget to add page numbers. This detracts from the reading pleasure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars timewarp reading a classic of its type
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2016
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