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Shackleton: The Biography Audiobook
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An enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes
To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there.
In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice.
The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history.
Shackleton is a captivating new account of the adventurer, his life, and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances. Written by polar adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who followed in Shackleton's footsteps, he brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions. Shackleton is both reappraisal and a valediction, separating Shackleton from the myth he has become.
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“Shackleton, as Fiennes shows, was an Everyman hero during an age of Antarctic exploration…his story remains as exceptional and astounding today…This book’s…appeal lies in its perspective: reading about an extreme polar superstar from the viewpoint of another….a must read.”
— New York Times
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“Full of awe-inspiring details of hardship, resolve, and weather that defies belief, told by someone of unique authority. No one is more tailor-made to tell [this] story than Sir Ranulph Fiennes.”
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“On a mission that involved an 800-mile voyage across the uncharted Southern Ocean in a lifeboat caulked with seal blood...Fiennes calls it ‘a masterclass in disaster management’…It’s a tremendous story.”
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“A world-renowned explorer and prolific writer turns his attention to Ernest Shackleton, a giant of the heroic age of polar exploration, with entirely satisfying results…The definitive biography of a legendary adventurer.”
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“Fiennes’s admiration shines through…A thorough record of Shackleton’s successes and failures.”
— Publishers Weekly
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About Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been called the “World’s Greatest Living Explorer” by the Guinness Book of Records. He has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process he lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, nearly died on several occasions, and raised millions for charity. He discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman, was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel, and was also the first to cross the Antarctic continent unsupported. In 1993 Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the Order of the British Empire for “human endeavor and charitable services.” An elite soldier, athlete, mountaineer, and renowned explorer, he is also the author of more than a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction.
About Jonathan Keeble
Jonathan Keeble, winner of four AudioFile Earphones Awards, combines his audio work with a busy theater and television career. He has been featured in over six hundred radio plays for the BBC, appearing in everything from Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Who and The Archers, in which he played the evil Owen. As an Earphones Award–winning narrator, he is in high demand for his voice work. He has recorded over two hundred audiobooks.