Tag: expedition
Fire on the Horizon
South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking, 'the place of stones', to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead.
BOOK REVIEW | Warrior King
A kingdom steeped in blood.
A family forged anew.
By Wilbur Smith with Tom Harper
South Africa, 1820. When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in...
BOOK REVIEW | Clive Cussler’s The Corsican Shadow
Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt returns in an explosive new instalment of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler.
BOOK REVIEW | Lawrence of Arabia
The authoritative and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes.
