![]() ![]() Brings energy, wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people since the 1840s. Brings energy, wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people since the 1840s.' The Times Told in a very relaxed and sometimes - as you might expect - very funny Palin style.' David Baddiel, Daily Mail Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.' Sunday Times The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for.' Nicholas Crane This is the review of Erebus The story of a Shipwritten by Michael Palin: a book about great explorers, scientific discoveries, naval history and incredible travels. It's a fascinating story that brings full-bloodedly to life.' Guardian The book comes as a thick, 322 page compendium. The remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early. Now available: Michael Palin's North Korea Journals Review of Michael Palin´s EREBUS The Story of a Ship. Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin (Signed). ![]() Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic, along with the HMS Terror. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. Illustrated with maps, paintings and engravings, this is a wonderfully evocative and epic account, written by a master explorer and storyteller.Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and read by Michael Palin. To help tell the story, he has travelled to various locations across the world – Tasmania, the Falklands, the Canadian Arctic – to search for local information, and to experience at first hand the terrain and the conditions that would have confronted the Erebus and her crew. Erebus: The Story of a Ship Michael Palin Random House, Travel - 352 pages 0 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. And he vividly recounts the experiences of the men who first stepped ashore on Antarctica’s Victoria Land, and those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic wastes as rescue missions desperately tried to reach them. He explores the intertwined careers of the men who shared its journeys: the dashing James Clark Ross who charted much of the ‘Great Southern Barrier’ and oversaw some of the earliest scientific experiments to be conducted there and the troubled John Franklin, who at the age of sixty and after a chequered career, commanded the ship on its final, disastrous expedition. Now Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globetrotter – brings this extraordinary ship back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. Its whereabouts had been a mystery for over a century and a half. ![]() It was broken at the stern and covered in a woolly coat of underwater vegetation. Now Michael Palin - former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globetrotter - brings this extraordinary ship back to life. In September 2014 the wreck of a sailing vessel was discovered at the bottom of the sea in the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic. Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and read by Michael Palin. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |