· Charm, charismatic leadership and dogged determination ensured Shackleton became a hero in his own lifetime. Each chapter explores a period of Shackleton's life and is introduced by Roland Huntford's illuminating text and accompanied by a host of photographs, drawings and diary extracts, many hitherto unpublished/5(26). Roland Huntford. Born. (age 93–94) Occupation. biographer. Alma mater. University of Cape Town. Imperial College London. Roland Huntford (né Horwitch; born ) is an author, principally of biographies of Polar explorers. Huntford writes brilliantly, and sets Shackleton's expeditions into the context of his life and times very well indeed. Other reviewers have said that H. doesn't indulge in /5(67).
After careful subediting by a committee headed by Kathleen Scott, his published diaries were seen at the time as a classic of manly endurance and understatement. When published in full by Roland Huntford in , the full degree of his self-pity and almost rabid hatred of Shackleton were revealed for the first time. Roland Huntford. Born. (age ) Occupation. biographer. Alma mater. University of Cape Town. Imperial College London. Roland Huntford (né Horwitch; born ) is an author, principally of biographies of Polar explorers. Looking for books by Roland Huntford? See all books authored by Roland Huntford, including Scott and Amundsen, and Shackleton, and more on www.doorway.ru
Roland Huntford's "Shackleton" is one of my favorite biographies. He followed up his take on Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott's race to the South Pole with this detailed and always-interesting story of the astonishing life of Ernest Shackleton. Huntford writes brilliantly, and sets Shackleton's expeditions into the context of his life and times very well indeed. Other reviewers have said that H. doesn't indulge in hero worship and tells us about his subject's faults. Charm, charismatic leadership and dogged determination ensured Shackleton became a hero in his own lifetime. Each chapter explores a period of Shackleton's life and is introduced by Roland Huntford's illuminating text and accompanied by a host of photographs, drawings and diary extracts, many hitherto unpublished.
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