The Worst Journey in the World
Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time
$49.26
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2022
Summary
‘When people ask me… “What is your favourite travel book?” I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery and friendship’ - Paul Theroux
One of the world’s greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday.
This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Scott’s team, recorded the experience of his adventure and in do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099530374 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099530376 |
| Author: | Apsley Cherry-Garrard |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 48mm |
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Critics Review
“The Worst Journey in the Worldgoes in and out of print; but it is indestructible, because it is a masterpiece.” – Paul Theroux
The best polar book there is * Observer *
Probably the best adventure yarn ever published * Independent *
Remains the masterpiece of heroic travel * The Times *
The finest book ever written about Antarctic exploration as well as a great literary classic
Over the greater part of a lifetime I have worn out two copies of the Antarctic’s classic, Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s The Worst Journey in the World * William Trevor *
An epic tale of suffering and derring-do * Esquire *
About The Author
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott’s final expedition to the Antarctic which he joined to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. After the expedition, Cherry-Garrard served in the First World War and was invalided home. With the zealous encouragement of his neighbour, George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The Worst Journey in the World (1922) in an attempt to overcome the horror of the journey. As the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.
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