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Jan 1, 2001 · Beryl Bainbridge makes it hauntingly clear: the men are fatally doomed in their bravery, the very stuff of heroes. Captain Scott's poignant trek becomes, in this remarkable novel, an historical event which prefigures the terrible new world dawning in Europe.
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The Birthday Boys is a novel by Beryl Bainbridge. First published in 1991, this book tells the story of Captain Robert Scott's 1910-13 expedition to Antarctica .
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Aug 26, 2010 · The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge is a fictionalized account of the Antarctic expedition in 1912 that was led by Captain Scott in a race to be the first to the South Pole. Scott and four companions made it to the South Pole, only to realize they were one day short of being the first.
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Oct 1, 2009 · The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge is a fictionalized account of the Antarctic expedition in 1912 that was led by Captain Scott in a race to be the first to the South Pole. Scott and four companions made it to the South Pole, only to realize they were one day short of being the first.
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Aug 26, 2010 · The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As...
The Birthday Boys. Captain Robert Falcon Scott's five-man team set out in 1912 to claim the South Pole for Britain. Told through the five separate voices of...
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The dramatic, fictionalized account of Robert Falcon Scott’s famed and fatal expedition to Antarctica by one of Britain’s best-loved authors. Departing...
