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Biography: adventurers and explorers

Just 28 when he found Nineveh, Layard later witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade and reported on the Indian Mutiny: his life was action-packed. This new biog argues that he was deeply r... read more

Winged Bull: The Extraordinary Life of Henry Layard, the Adventurer Wh ...

Jeff Pearce

Hardback
£25.00

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Not to be confused with Dawa Sobel's 'Longitude'.

Latitude: The astonishing journey to discover the shape of the earth ...

Nicholas Crane

Hardback
£16.99

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There are those who swear he was a spy, others who insist he was too scatty or essentially lazy to be one. Whatever the truth, he was an exceptional linguist (Iranian, Afghan Persian, Arabic... read more

Tales from the life of Bruce Wannell: Adventurer, Linguist, Orientalis ...

Kevin Rushby

Paperback
£15.00

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