The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers
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The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers by Edward Beauclerk Maurice
In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the 'gentlemen adventurers' -- the fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and loss as he came to grips with Eskimo life. Beautifully written, inspiring and funny, this is a boy's own story that captures a world that is lost forever.
'Arctic thrills abound: the bucking progress of an ice-breaker in a storm, the complex art of dog-sledging, and the ethereal wonders of the Northern Lights!Maurice's memoir supplies a fascinating elegy to a vanishing world' Daily Telegraph 'This is a beautifully unadorned, home-spun tale, with a lack of self-consciousness rare in travel literature!I was charmed; I could almost see the author running a finger over his old seal-skin boots as he told the tale of Arctic youth once again, to enraptured grandchildren. The author died last year; this book will live on beyond the circle of his family, and deserves to.' Independent on Sunday '"The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers" is as spare, gleaming and exhilirating as the Arctic wastes and the gentle, stoic Eskimos who had mastery of this realm!Beauclerk Maurice emerges as a man of warmth, humour and generosity. His adaptation to the Arctic, its extremes and its loneliness, matured him fast; his translucent prose is a sparkling and moving record.' The Times
Edward Beauclerk Maurice was born in Somerset in 1913. After his experiences in the Arctic, he spent the war years in the New Zealand Navy, finally returning to England to live the rest of his years in Croyden and Sussex with his wife and three daughters. He died in 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007171637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007171633 |
| Title | The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers |
| Author | Edward Beauclerk Maurice |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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