‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’ JOhn Grisham on David Grann's The Lost City of Z
‘A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration’ Sunday Times on The Lost City of Z
‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones’ Daily Telegraph on The Lost City of Z
DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK One man's perilous quest to cross Antarctica in the footsteps of Shackleton. Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honour and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed, idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 20th-century polar explorer.
Worsley felt an overpowering connection to Shackleton's expeditions, spending a fortune collecting artefacts from their journeys. He modelled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills, determined to measure his endurance against them.
In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, facing the brutal landscape. On November 2015, at age 55, Worsley left for his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone.
David Grann tells Worsley's remarkable story with intensity, illustrated with over 50 stunning photographs from their journeys. The White Darkness is a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love, and pushing human limits.
Praise for David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon: ‘A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice’ JON KRAKAUER. ‘A fiercely entertaining mystery and a wrenching exploration of evil’ KATE ATKINSON.
‘An extraordinary story with extraordinary pace and atmosphere’ Sunday Times. ‘A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve’ Financial Times.
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