A First Rate Tragedy by Diana Preston

A First Rate Tragedy by Diana Preston

Diana Preston's brilliant account of the tragic adventure of survival in the frozen antartic has been updated and revised to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Scott's death.

A first rate book * Sunday Times *
Absorbing and moving. * New York Times *
Penetrating and brilliantly compelling. * Philadelphia Inquirer *
A first rate book. * TLS *
As dramatic and as empathetic as a novel, as informative as a history book. * Frankfurter Neue Presse *

Born and raised in London, Diana Preston studied Modern History at Oxford University. She is the author a number of highly regarded popular histories, such as The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45 Rebellion; Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy andBefore The Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima. She lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781849017244
ISBN 10	1849017247
Title	A First Rate Tragedy
Author	Diana Preston
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2012-02-16
Number of pages	384
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