"A magnificent new life . . . [and] a superb adventure story. . . . There have been many biographies of Stanley, but Jeal's is the most felicitous, the best informed, the most complete and readable and exhaustive, profiting from his access to an immense new trove of Stanley material." -- Paul Theroux, front page, "New York Times Book Review" Henry ...
David Livingstone (1813-1873) has been revered as one of the world's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo. Tim Jeal's masterful biography reveals the man behind the myth, one capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice and bravery, one ...
This is a tender portrait of childhood, growing up, and of a father who was uniquely English eccentric. From his own embarrassing schoolboy meeting with T.S. Eliot to his father's struggle with Parkinson's, it is a lovingly composed, honest exploration of the past.
The hero of the Siege of Mafeking during the Boer War and founder of the Boy Scouts, Baden-Powell is one of the few truly influential figures in 20th-century history. Jeal presents the first full and objective biography of this dazzling character. 48 photographs.
Clara Musson has lost her faith, although her family is deeply devout. But then she meets Robert Haslam, a missionary who is dedicated to improving a village in Zimbabwe. They marry; Robert returns to Africa, followed by Clara. On her way, Clara meets Francis Vaughan, a soldier who is not nearly so spiritual as Robert but who is quite attractive ...
R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1908, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy, sportsman, and female impersonator. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell's extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, ...
Inspired soldier, actor, artist, hoaxer, spy, sportsman and female impersonator, Baden-Powell also invented the Boy Scouts. With access to a range of previously undiscovered private papers, the author strips away the public mask, revealing a man whose talents co-existed with crippling secret fears.
Jilted by a local aristocrat and bereft following the death of her mother, Clara meets and falls in love with a visiting missionary. They marry and she joins him in Africa in an enclave of huts, dust and flies. There, as tribal warfare spills into the camp, Clara begins a heart-wrenching discovery.
World War II has begun and in Cornwall, Leo invites schoolfriend Justin to stay the summer. Addicted to tales of adventure they swim to a ship moored out at sea, to prove it is a spy ship. The vessel proves to be heavily guarded, and, while Leo escapes, his mother must beg Justin's release.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Newsweek Books
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780882250922ISBN:0882250922
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very light wear to corners with a small spot top front cover and small black mark to spine, no marks inside. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Warner
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780751525755ISBN:0751525758
Description: Good. Paperback, good condition. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BCA
Date Published: 1977
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall brown bds with gilt titles to spine. bottom spine end and 3 corners bumped. d. j. with creasing to some edges. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCA)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Book Club Associates
Date Published: 1977
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 476pp. Brown cloth hardback with dust jacket, slight fading to spine otherwise in good condition. Historical novel set in Victorian England and the Crimean War. read more
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