Scott Of The Antarctic. A Life Of Courage, Leadership And Tragedy In The Ice

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 635 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a medium sized inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: This is the definitive biography of Captain Scott - the pivotal figure in pre-First World War Antarctic exploration. Cranes beautifully written and illustrated book re-examines the courage and tragedy of Scotts expedition and reasserts his position in the pantheon of British heroes. David Cranes remarkable book sets out to discover the real Captain Scott, and rejects the common orthodoxies that surround his name to grapple with the personality behind the legend. In doing so, Crane is able to reach the most moving aspects of Scotts life: the moral courage and basic decency exhibited in a life lived on the crumbling fringes of gentility at the turn of the century. Cranes biography of Scott will rescue a maligned figure and restore him to his proper place in history. By reassessing Scotts life and his huge scientific achievements, Crane is able to provide a fresh and exciting perspective on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The heroism and tragedy of Scotts 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.

ISBN: 9780007219650