The Last Great Quest
Download or Read eBook The Last Great Quest PDF written by Max Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Max Jones |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2004-11-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0192805703 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780192805706 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Last Great Quest by : Max Jones
Book excerpt: The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victorian explorers, intent on discovering uncharted lands, or a hopeless incompetent driven by personal ambition. Rejecting the stereotypes, Max Jones reveals a complex figure, a product of the passions and preoccupations of an imperial age.
