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The Birthday Boys

Paperback • 2009 • English

The Birthday Boys

By Beryl Bainbridge

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About the book

A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'A whole lost era of fantastic courage, determination, idealism, curiosity, boyish foolishness and class mores is brought brilliantly and touchingly back by Bainbridge's penetrating psychological acumen and her superb scene and action painting...A masterly achievement...Show more

Biography: adventurers and explorers
Historical adventure fiction
Second World War fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780349121567

Publisher

Abacus

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

The Birthday Boys

Format

Paperback

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