A Pocket Essential Short History of Polar Exploration by Nick Rennison

A Pocket Essential Short History of Polar Exploration by Nick Rennison

Nick Rennison's compelling book tells the memorable stories of the men and women who have risked their lives by entering the white wastelands of the Arctic and the Antarctic, from the compelling tales of Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen, to lesser known heroes such as Fridtjof Nansen and Robert Peary. A Short History of Polar Exploration also looks at the hold that the polar regions have often had on the imaginations of artists and writers in the last two hundred years examining the paintings, films and literature that they have inspired.

Once that interest has been stirred the polar regions will never loose their grip; they will never let you go -- Bill Spence * The York Press *

NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and in crime fiction. He is the author of ;Riots and Rebels: A Pocket Essential History of Popular Protest in Britain, ;1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis, ;1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year, A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books, and the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press. He is also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, Carver's Quest and Carver's Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and Daily Mail.

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ISBN 13	9781843440901
ISBN 10	1843440903
Title	A Pocket Essential Short History of Polar Exploration
Author	Nick Rennison
Series	Short History Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oldcastle Books Ltd
Year published	2013-11-28
Number of pages	160
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