Overview
An enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history. Shackleton is a captivating new account of the adventurer, his life, and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances. Written by polar adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who followed in Shackleton's footsteps, he brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions. Shackleton is both reappraisal and a valediction, separating Shackleton from the myth he has become.
Full Product Details
Author: Sir Ranulph Fiennes ,
Jonathan Keeble
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 14.20cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9798200897650
Publication Date: 05 April 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A world-renowned explorer and prolific writer turns his attention to Ernest Shackleton, a giant of the heroic age of polar exploration, with entirely satisfying results...The definitive biography of a legendary adventurer. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Fiennes's admiration shines through...A thorough record of Shackleton's successes and failures. -- Publishers Weekly Full of awe-inspiring details of hardship, resolve, and weather that defies belief, told by someone of unique authority. No one is more tailor-made to tell [this] story than Sir Ranulph Fiennes. -- Newsday On a mission that involved an 800-mile voyage across the uncharted Southern Ocean in a lifeboat caulked with seal blood...Fiennes calls it 'a masterclass in disaster management'...It's a tremendous story. -- Wall Street Journal Shackleton, as Fiennes shows, was an Everyman hero during an age of Antarctic exploration...his story remains as exceptional and astounding today...This book's...appeal lies in its perspective: reading about an extreme polar superstar from the viewpoint of another....a must read. -- New York Times
Author Information
Ranulph Fiennes is the only man alive ever to have traveled around the Earth's circumpolar surface--and his Arctic and Antarctic expeditions give him a unique perspective on the life of Shackleton. His record-breaking expeditions include travel by riverboat, hovercraft, man-haul sledge, skidoo, Land Rover, and skis. When not on one of his adventures, he lives in Britain. Jonathan Keeble, winner of four AudioFile Earphones Awards, combines his audio work with a busy theater and television career. He has been featured in over six hundred radio plays for the BBC, appearing in everything from Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Who and The Archers, in which he played the evil Owen. As an Earphones Award-winning narrator, he is in high demand for his voice work. He has recorded over two hundred audiobooks.
