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Biographies of six forgotten British travellers, each of whom felt driven to abandon ‘normal’ living, and undertake intrepid journeys during the 1920s and 30s, before the Second World War altered forever the world through which they travelled, and extinguished the memory of their exploits. Their journeys speak eloquently of a vanished historical age, when the colonial powers still boasted empires, and the world clung on to its last few unexplored corners. Such was the demand for tales of adventure that all became celebrities of the day. To follow in their footsteps one must journey from the scorching deserts of Libya to the icy wastes of Greenland, from war-torn Serbia to the mountains of Kenya, from the hidden gorges of Tibet to the steamy jungles of the Brazilian Mato Grosso. Theirs is a heady tale, indeed.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE SUN
Rosita Forbes (1890-1967), around the world in a wide-brimmed hat
DRIVEN BY DEVILS
K. C. Gandar Dower (1908-1944), in Kenya on the trail of the mythical spotted lion
WATKINS, EXPLORER, ENGLAND
Gino Watkins (1907-1932), in Greenland pioneering Atlantic air routes for PanAm
IN THE LAND OF THE BLUE POPPY
F. Kingdon Ward (1885-1958), in India and Nepal with the last of the great plant hunters
VAGABONDS ABROAD
Jan (1882-1944) and Cora Gordon (1879-1958), through Europe and America with pen and paint
THE HUNT FOR COLONEL FAWCETT
Lt.-Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867-?), last seen in the Amazon searching for the lost city of Z
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