The Birthday Boys

Download or Read eBook The Birthday Boys PDF written by Beryl Bainbridge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Birthday Boys
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 124
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ISBN-10 : 9780748125258
ISBN-13 : 0748125256
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Book Synopsis The Birthday Boys by : Beryl Bainbridge

Book excerpt: A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.


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