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'Many have trodden this path before but this is the masterpiece.' Gildes Foden 'Moving!a balanced and gripping account!David Crane has written a fine biography of Scott, the flawed but timeless hero, and I read it all with pleasure.' Guardian 'He [Crane] has freed himself from the tyranny of the card index to let Scott live again as a man.' Daily Telegraph 'Compelling!impressive!moving!' Sunday Telegraph 'Crane's exhilarating biography avoids the excesses of either approach, humanising the man without diminishing his epic endeavour. As the end nears, Crane turns to the men's dignified accounts of their ordeal. It is as Scott prophesied: no heart could remain unstirred.' Observer 'The most balanced biography yet. Like Scott's own writings, Crane's stylish prose is a sheer pleasure.' New York Times

'Many have trodden this path before but this is the masterpiece.' Gildes Foden 'Moving!a balanced and gripping account!David Crane has written a fine biography of Scott, the flawed but timeless hero, and I read it all with pleasure.' Guardian 'He [Crane] has freed himself from the tyranny of the card index to let Scott live again as a man.' Daily Telegraph 'Compelling!impressive!moving!' Sunday Telegraph 'Crane's exhilarating biography avoids the excesses of either approach, humanising the man without diminishing his epic endeavour. As the end nears, Crane turns to the men's dignified accounts of their ordeal. It is as Scott prophesied: no heart could remain unstirred.' Observer 'The most balanced biography yet. Like Scott's own writings, Crane's stylish prose is a sheer pleasure.' New York Times

`Many have trodden this path before but this is the masterpiece.' Gildes Foden `Moving...a balanced and gripping account...David Crane has written a fine biography of Scott, the flawed but timeless hero, and I read it all with pleasure.' Guardian `He [Crane] has freed himself from the tyranny of the card index to let Scott live again as a man.' Daily Telegraph `Compelling...impressive...moving...' Sunday Telegraph `Crane's exhilarating biography avoids the excesses of either approach, humanising the man without diminishing his epic endeavour. As the end nears, Crane turns to the men's dignified accounts of their ordeal. It is as Scott prophesied: no heart could remain unstirred.' Observer `The most balanced biography yet. Like Scott's own writings, Crane's stylish prose is a sheer pleasure.' New York Times

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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. In 2005 the highly acclaimed 'Scott of the Antarctic' was published, followed by ‘Men of War’, a collection of 19th Century naval biographies, in 2009. His ‘Empires of the Dead’ was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in north-west Scotland.

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