Amazing Tales for Making Men out of Boys
$38.78
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2009
Summary
How Captain Scott became the Greatest Hero of them all
Captain Robert Falcon Scott didn’t start out life as a hero. In fact, as a boy and young man he was considered small, frail and shy. So what was it that turned this ordinary man into a legend?
Through his gripping new account of how this modest naval officer became Scott of the Antarctic, Neil Oliver vividly relates the awe-inspiring tales that inspired Britain’s greatest hero. And alongside these epics of courage, fortitu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141035598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141035595 |
| Author: | Neil Oliver |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
”‘Amazing Tales’ is…an entertaining read. Oliver, a sparkling storyteller, has chosen classic stories that are compelling from the first page.“–Associated Press
“A must-have collection.”–The Times (London)
“Sumptuously illustrated, beautifully told, and in turns both moving and inspiring, it is a joy from start to finish.”–The Sunday Telegraph
“A must-have collection.” – The Times (London)
Neil Oliver
Presenter of the hugely popular BBC series Coast, Neil Oliver is an archaeologist and author. His television credits also include Two Men in a Trench and The One Show. Neil lives in Glasgow with his wife and three children, Evie, Archie and Teddy.
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