A01=Jeremy Archer
Author_Jeremy Archer
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Category=NHW
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Product details
- ISBN 9781904027782
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 02 Oct 2009
- Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Christmas has been celebrated in some of the most remote, unlikely and inhospitable places on the planet. Away at Christmas draws on the journals, diaries and reminiscences of many of the world's best-known adventurers. These brave people describe how they and their companions spent the festive season, whether they were seeking the North West Passage, trying to determine the source of the Nile, attempting to reach the North or South Poles or crossing the deserts of Australia. Each chronologically-arranged entry - from 1492 to the present day - provides the background to the expedition or journey, describes whether or not the endeavours were ultimately successful and what happened to the party. It is truly impressive that, however challenging the circumstances, Christmas was never forgotten.
After serving in the British Army for ten years, Jeremy Archer now lives in London and works in the City. An enthusiastic amateur historian, he has travelled the world visiting battlefields. He writes occasional articles for a variety of publications, including the British Army Review. His first book, Home for Christmas, published by Century, was an anthology of wartime Christmas extracts from letters, diaries, poems, cards and menus dating from 1777 to the present day. Away at Christmas is his second book.
