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Book SynopsisSara Wheeler's books include the international bestseller
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, of which the
Telegraph reviewer wrote, I do not think there will ever be a better book on the Antarctic.'
The Magnetic North:
Notes from the Arctic Circle, was chosen as Book of the Year by Will Self, Michael Palin, A. N. Wilson and others. She has published two biographies of travellers:
Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and
Too Close to the Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton, and was immensely relieved to write about women at last in
O My America!. She lives in London.
Trade ReviewA good story... a fitting memorial * Observer *
A fascinating story of a man trying to outrun the social upheavals of the twentieth century * Herald *
Wheeler has made excellent use of the sources at hand... Moreover, Wheeler writes well, and has a gift - shared by only very few - for pinning down the smells and atmosphere of the African landscape * Literary Review *
She dazzles the reader with an evocation of time and place.. her description of the east Africa Campaign is detailed and enthralling -- Keith Dovkants * Scotsman *
She writes beautifully, with a vivid turn of phrase, a sound grasp of history and an impish humour -- Andrew Lycett * Sunday Times *
