A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
'Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph
The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Beryl Bainbridge gets better and better.she has succeeded with a daring leap of emphatic imagination in penetrating the minds of Captain Scott and the four men he led to their deaths in Antarctica in 1912 Patrick Skene Catling, Evening Standard THE BIRTHDAY BOYS is classic Bainbridge - one of her absolute best. It is a fictional account of Captain Robert Scott s 1910 expedition to Antarctica told from the perspectives of five men on the voyage: Scott; Petty Officer Taff Evans; ship s medic Dr Edward Wilson; Lieutenant Henry Bowers; and Captain Lawrence Oates. Beryl Bainbridge's classic novel of Captain Scott, reissued with a new introduction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780349121567
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 2009. Digital original. Paperback. * A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. . . . . . Codice articolo V9780349121567
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 2009. Digital original. Paperback. * A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780349121567