Dead Men

Name: Dead Men
Brand: Duckworth
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ISBN 9780715642962 Published 15 March 2012

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'Fascinating.' Telegraph

Birdie Bowers is a woman with a dead man's name. Her parents had been fascinated by Henry 'Birdie' Bowers, one of Captain Scott's companions on his ill-fated polar expedition. A hundred years after the death of Bowers and Scott, she sets out to discover what really happened to them... The discovery of Captain Scott's body in the Antarctic in November 1912 started a global obsession with him as a man and an explorer. But one mystery remains - why did he and his companions spend their last ten days in a tent only 11 miles from the safety of a depot that promised food and shelter?

Dead Men tells the story of two paths. One is a tragic journey of exploration on the world's coldest continent, the other charts a present-day relationship and the redemptive power of love.

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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780715642962
Published: 15 March 2012
Pages: 288
Duration
Dimensions: 128 x 196 mm
Genre: Historical Fiction
Imprint: Duckworth

Reviews

'Describes the peculiar pull of the tragedy of Robert Falcon Scott… fascinating'

Telegraph

'An expertly told story that captures the detail and spirit of Antarctic adventure, then and now'

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

About the author

Richard Pierce

Richard Pierce was born in Doncaster and educated in Germany and St John's College, Cambridge. He now lives in Suffolk with his wife Marianne and four children.

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