Shackleton

Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 1989. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New edition. 198 x 126 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the 'Discovery' expedition of 1900, and went on to mount three expeditions of his own. Like Scott, he was a social adventurer; snow and ice held no particular attraction, but the pursuit of wealth, fame and power did. Yet Shackleton, and Anglo-Irishman who left school at 16, needed status to raise money for his own expeditions. At various times he was involved in journalism, politics, manufacturing and City fortune-hunting - none of them very effectively. A frustrated poet, he was never to be successful with money, but he did succeed in marrying it. At his height he was feted as a national hero, knighted by Edward VII, and granted GBP20,000 by the government for achievements which were, and remain, the very stuff of legend. But the world to which he returned in 1917 after the sensational 'Endurance' expedition did not seem to welcome surviving heroes. Poverty-stricken by the end of the war, he had to pay off his debts through writing and endless lecturing.He finally obtained funds for another expedition, but dies of a heart attack, aged only 47, at it reached South Georgia. Bookseller Inventory # BKS9780349107448

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Shackleton (New edition), Roland Huntford, Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the 'Discovery' expedition of 1900, and went on to mount three expeditions of his own. Like Scott, he was a social adventurer; snow and ice held no particular attraction, but the pursuit of wealth, fame and power did. Yet Shackleton, and Anglo-Irishman who left school at 16, needed status to raise money for his own expeditions. At various times he was involved in journalism, politics, manufacturing and City fortune-hunting - none of them very effectively. A frustrated poet, he was never to be successful with money, but he did succeed in marrying it. At his height he was feted as a national hero, knighted by Edward VII, and granted GBP20,000 by the government for achievements which were, and remain, the very stuff of legend. But the world to which he returned in 1917 after the sensational 'Endurance' expedition did not seem to welcome surviving heroes. Poverty-stricken by the end of the war, he had to pay off his debts through writing and endless lecturing. He finally obtained funds for another expedition, but dies of a heart attack, aged only 47, at it reached South Georgia. Bookseller Inventory # B9780349107448

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Book Description: Little, Brown Book Group Abacus, 1989. paperback. Book Condition: New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Binding paperback A great adventure story, suffused with the spirit of Edwardianism, and winner of the Nelson, Hurst & Marsh biography award Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the. Bookseller Inventory # 0349107440

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Book Description: Abacus, 1989. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New and in stock. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 0349107440

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Book Description: Abacus, 1996. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 789 pages. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # zk0349107440

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Book Description: 1989. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 126mm x 198mm x 196mm. 789 pages. 0.655. Bookseller Inventory # 9780349107448

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