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Scott of the Antarctic - David Crane

Scott of the Antarctic

The Definitive Biography

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Buch | Softcover
496 Seiten
2012
HarperPress (Verlag)
978-0-00-745044-2 (ISBN)
CHF 22,65 inkl. MwSt
David Crane has given us a magisterial portrait of one of Britain’s greatest heroes and explorers, acclaimed as the ‘masterpiece’ on the subject. Reissued for the 100th anniversary of Scott’s doomed expedition.


‘It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more…For God’s sake look after our people.’


These were the final words written in Scott’s diary on 29 March 1912, as he lay dying of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold, in his tent on his return journey from the South Pole. Since then he has been the subject of many books. Yet in all the pages that have been written about him, the personality behind the legend has been forgotten or distorted beyond all recognition.


David Crane’s magisterial biography redresses this completely. By reassessing Scott’s life and his substantial scientific achievements, Crane is able to provide a fresh and exciting perspective on both the Discovery expedition of 1901-4 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12. The courage and tragedy of Scott’s last journey are only one part of the process, for the scientific enquiry that led up to it transformed the whole nature and ambition of Antarctic exploration.


Written with the full support of Scott’s surviving relatives, and with access to the voluminous diaries and records of key participants, this definitive biography sets out to reconcile the very private struggles of the man with the very public life of extremes that he led.

David Crane's first book, ‘Lord Byron’s Jackal’ was published to great acclaim in 1998, and his second, ‘The Kindness of Sisters’ published in 2002, is a groundbreaking work of romantic biography. His most recent book ‘Men of War’, was published in 2009. He lives in north-west Scotland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.1.2012
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 0-00-745044-3 / 0007450443
ISBN-13 978-0-00-745044-2 / 9780007450442
Zustand Neuware
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