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The Last Great Quest
Max Jones
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Description for The Last Great Quest
Paperback. The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories. Rejecting the stereotypes, Max Jones reveals a complex figure, a product of the passions and preoccupations of an imperial age. He shows how heroes are made and manipulated by looking at the outpouring of grief at the news of the Scott's death. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32pp halftone plates, map. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the great adventure stories of the twentieth century. On 1 November 1911, a British team set out on the gruelling 800-mile journey across the coldest and highest continent on Earth to travel to the South Pole. Five men battled through unimaginably harsh conditions only to find the Norwegian flag had been planted at the Pole just weeks before. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek, starved and frozen to death, only eleven miles from a ... Read more
Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the great adventure stories of the twentieth century. On 1 November 1911, a British team set out on the gruelling 800-mile journey across the coldest and highest continent on Earth to travel to the South Pole. Five men battled through unimaginably harsh conditions only to find the Norwegian flag had been planted at the Pole just weeks before. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek, starved and frozen to death, only eleven miles from a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192805706
SKU
V9780192805706
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Reviews for The Last Great Quest
a fascinating and wide-ranging study
Sunday Times
Max Jones...is much more sensitive than previous writers to the full range of meanings which were invested in the Scott story.
Historical Journal
A well-researched account
Sunday Times
A meticulous examination...weaving record, anecdote and example with great skill, with some remarkable conclusions
Washington Times
Antarctic ... Read more
Sunday Times
Max Jones...is much more sensitive than previous writers to the full range of meanings which were invested in the Scott story.
Historical Journal
A well-researched account
Sunday Times
A meticulous examination...weaving record, anecdote and example with great skill, with some remarkable conclusions
Washington Times
Antarctic ... Read more