Ebook {Epub PDF} Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

 · From BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week: Michael Palin reads from his new book, abridged by Penny Leicester, about the mysterious and tragic voyage of HMS Erebus in A 19th century botanist, Joseph Hooker, and a press conference in Canada in sharpen the author's interest in the story. Erebus made a successful journey to the Antarctic and was being rigged and loaded for a /5.  · Palin’s experiences, including a voyage on a Russian ship to the channel where the wreck of Erebus was discovered, give a sense of immediacy and proportion to his narrative Michael Palin has done full justice to [John Franklin] and all these remarkable men. This truly is a marvellous book Allan Massie ― Scotsman/5(K).  · by Michael Palin. Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada (Viking), $ / Reviewed by Walter Volovsek * Editor’s note. A vigilant reader of The Ormsby Review might be startled to see Michael Palin’s Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time reviewed here, and I would appear to be on.

Watch Michael Palin discuss his new book, Erebus. HMS Erebus was lost exploring the Arctic in , and rediscovered years later. Erebus: The Story of a Ship traces the remarkable journeys of a ship at the forefront of exploration in the 19th century, one which visited both Antarctica and the Arctic. Erebus was not built in a hurry: it was 20 months before she was ready to go down the slipway. When the work was completed, the Master of the Cheque sent a bill to the Navy Board for £14, - around £ million in today's currency. Edited extract from 'Erebus: The Story of a Ship' by Michael Palin, reproduced with permission. Watch Michael Palin discuss his new book, Erebus. HMS Erebus was lost exploring the Arctic in , and rediscovered years later. Erebus: The Story of a.

In his major new work, Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter – brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus, from its construction in the naval dockyards of Pembroke, to the part it played in Ross’s Antarctic expedition of –43, to its abandonment during Franklin’s ill-fated Arctic expedition, and to its final redisco. by Michael Palin. Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada (Viking), $ / Reviewed by Walter Volovsek * Editor’s note. A vigilant reader of The Ormsby Review might be startled to see Michael Palin’s Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time reviewed here, and I would appear to be on. Michael Palin is not only a talented actor, explorer/adventurer, but a gifted writer as well. He has told the story of the ship Erebus in such a way that it is not a dry tome. I enjoyed reading about a familiar expedition, and gave the book as a Christmas gift to a friend. She and her husband enjoyed it as well.