David Crane's first book, ‘Lord Byron’s Jackal’ was published to great acclaim in 1998, and his second, ‘The Kindness of Sisters’ published in 2002, is a groundbreaking work of romantic biography. In 2005 the highly acclaimed 'Scott of the Antarctic' was published, followed by ‘Men of War’, a collection of 19th Century naval biographies, in 2009. His ‘Empires of the Dead’ was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in north-west Scotland.
David Crane has given us the definitive biography of one of Britain’s greatest heroes and explorers.
‘It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more…For God’s sake look after our people.’
These were the final words written in Scott’s diary on 29 March 1912,...
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