Nansen by Roland Huntford

Nansen by Roland Huntford

This is the first full-scale biography of Nansen, drawing on a wealth of new material including diaries and other hitherto untapped documents.

[NANSEN] is a rare thing, a work of immense scholarship blazing with insight.. * Beryl Bainbridge, LITERARY REVIEW *
[Huntford's] NANSEN has been longawaited. It is a triumph ... a hugely satisfying biography * Paul Theroux, GUARDIAN *
It is a book which takes us outward through the life of another and from there inward into our own. What more can you ask of a biography? * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Roland Huntford has captured something of the restless romantic within. It is an accomplished biography at every level. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *

Roland Huntford is the author of two best-selling polar biographies, SHACKLETON (1985) and SCOTT AND AMUNDSEN (1979), filmed for TV as the acclaimed series THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH. He was the London OBSERVER's Scandinavian correspondent & speaks fluent Norwegian.

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ISBN 13	9780349114927
ISBN 10	0349114927
Title	Nansen
Author	Roland Huntford
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2001-12-06
Number of pages	768
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