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Madhouse at the End of the Earth The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Sancton, Julian
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780753553466
Publisert
2022-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
W H Allen
Vekt
277 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Sancton, Julian

Om bidragsyterne

Julian Sancton read History at Harvard, and is a senior features editor at Departures magazine, where he writes about culture and travel. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Yorker, Wired, and Playboy, among other publications. He grew up in Paris and New York and has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, which he first visited while researching this book.

Madhouse at the End of the Earth The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Sancton, Julian
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
Sancton, Julian
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
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<b>A "grade-A classic" that's feverishly compelling ... this story has everything</b>

Sunday Times

<b>Exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing</b>

New York Times

<b>Utterly enthralling</b>

- Geoff Dyer, Guardian

Se alle

<b>An epic of survival. A mixture of chaos and great courage; part Monty Python sketch, part real-life heroics</b>

Michael Palin

<b>The next great contribution to polar literature. A wild tale, so well told and immersively researched</b>

Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE

<b>A brilliant, vivid piece of writing that should be read by all who care about heroism, courage, ingenuity and endurance</b>... it is adventure to the max, and peopled by wonderful characters. As soon as you finish, you want to read it again

- Roger Alton, Daily Mail

<b>The story of the Belgica has been told before, but never so brilliantly.<i> Madhouse at the End of the Earth </i>belongs at the heights of polar literature</b>

The Times

<b>Considering that much of <i>Madhouse at the End of the Earth</i> is about moribundity, Sancton does well to make each page exciting - "murder, suicide, starvation, insanity, icy death and all the acts of the devil"</b>

- Roger Lewis, Telegraph *****

<b>A riveting true-life horror story ... an obscure but important history transformed by deep research and note-perfect storytelling into a classic thriller</b>

Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of STEVE JOBS and LEONARDO DA VINCI

<b>Artfully constructed, written with evenly-paced poise and with a kind of dread-filled assurance, it grips from first sentence to last</b>

Lawrence Osborne, international bestselling author of THE FORGIVEN

'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A "grade-A classic"' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of dozens of rats teeming in the hold, they descended into madness.In this epic tale, Julian Sancton unfolds a story of adventure gone horribly awry. As the crew teetered on the brink, the Captain increasingly relied on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity - Dr. Frederick Cook, the wild American whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship's first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, who later raced Captain Scott to the South Pole. Together, Cook and Amundsen would plan a last-ditch, desperate escape from the ice-one that would either etch their names into history or doom them to a terrible fate in the frozen ocean.Drawing on first-hand crew diaries and journals, and exclusive access to the ship's logbook, the result is equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror. This is an unforgettable journey into the deep.
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<b>A "grade-A classic" that's feverishly compelling ... this story has everything</b>

Sunday Times

<b>Exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing</b>

New York Times

<b>Utterly enthralling</b>

- Geoff Dyer, Guardian

Se alle

<b>An epic of survival. A mixture of chaos and great courage; part Monty Python sketch, part real-life heroics</b>

Michael Palin

<b>The next great contribution to polar literature. A wild tale, so well told and immersively researched</b>

Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE

<b>A brilliant, vivid piece of writing that should be read by all who care about heroism, courage, ingenuity and endurance</b>... it is adventure to the max, and peopled by wonderful characters. As soon as you finish, you want to read it again

- Roger Alton, Daily Mail

<b>The story of the Belgica has been told before, but never so brilliantly.<i> Madhouse at the End of the Earth </i>belongs at the heights of polar literature</b>

The Times

<b>Considering that much of <i>Madhouse at the End of the Earth</i> is about moribundity, Sancton does well to make each page exciting - "murder, suicide, starvation, insanity, icy death and all the acts of the devil"</b>

- Roger Lewis, Telegraph *****

<b>A riveting true-life horror story ... an obscure but important history transformed by deep research and note-perfect storytelling into a classic thriller</b>

Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of STEVE JOBS and LEONARDO DA VINCI

<b>Artfully constructed, written with evenly-paced poise and with a kind of dread-filled assurance, it grips from first sentence to last</b>

Lawrence Osborne, international bestselling author of THE FORGIVEN

'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A "grade-A classic"' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of dozens of rats teeming in the hold, they descended into madness.In this epic tale, Julian Sancton unfolds a story of adventure gone horribly awry. As the crew teetered on the brink, the Captain increasingly relied on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity - Dr. Frederick Cook, the wild American whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship's first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, who later raced Captain Scott to the South Pole. Together, Cook and Amundsen would plan a last-ditch, desperate escape from the ice-one that would either etch their names into history or doom them to a terrible fate in the frozen ocean.Drawing on first-hand crew diaries and journals, and exclusive access to the ship's logbook, the result is equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror. This is an unforgettable journey into the deep.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780753553466
Publisert
2022-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
W H Allen
Vekt
277 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Sancton, Julian

Om bidragsyterne

Julian Sancton read History at Harvard, and is a senior features editor at Departures magazine, where he writes about culture and travel. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Yorker, Wired, and Playboy, among other publications. He grew up in Paris and New York and has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, which he first visited while researching this book.

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