Dead Men - Softcover

Richard Pierce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715642960 ISBN 13: 9780715642962

Publisher: Duckworth, 2012

Synopsis

The discovery of Captain Scott's body in the Antarctic in November 1912 started a global obsession with him as a man and an explorer. But one mystery remains - why did he and his companions spend their last ten days in a tent only 11 miles from the safety of a depot that promised food and shelter? Birdie Bowers, a notoriously secretive painter, is a woman with a dead man's name. Her parents were fascinated by her relative, Henry 'Birdie' Bowers, one of Scott's companions. And a hundred years after his death, she is determined to discover what really happened to him. On her way to an exhibition of things recovered from Scott's tent, she collapses, and is rescued by Adam, who falls in love with her, and agrees to travel with her to the Antarctic to discover the site of Scott's tent, and the resting place of the man she was named after, now under 30 metres of ice. Dead Men tells the story of two paths. One is a tragic journey of exploration on the world's coldest continent, the other one of present-day passion. Dead Men explores the weight of the past and the redemptive power of love.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Pierce was born in Doncaster and educated in Germany and St John's College, Cambridge. He now lives in Suffolk with his wife Marianne and four children. Dead Men is his first novel.

Review:

Dead Men describes the peculiar pull of the tragedy of Robert Falcon Scott ... Fascinating * Telegraph * An expertly told story that captures the detail and spirit of Antarctic adventure, then and now * Sir Ranulph Fiennes *

About this edition

• Publisher: Duckworth
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0715642960
• ISBN 13: 9780715642962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284