The birthday boys
Bainbridge, Beryl, 1932-20102026
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A brilliantly realised 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.
Main title:
The birthday boys / Beryl Bainbridge.
Author:
Bainbridge, Beryl, 1932-2010, authorMattacks, Simon, narrator
Edition:
Unabridged edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2026.
Collation:
1 CD (5 hr., 48 min.) : digital, MP3 file
Notes:
A brilliantly realised 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.The Birthday Boys tells 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 Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.
Performers:
Read by Simon Mattacks.
ISBN:
9780750554794 (CD)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6052.A3195
Language:
English
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BRN:
4360748
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