Erebus: The Story of a Ship Audiobook (Free)

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and go through by Michael Palin.

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In the early many years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the very most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.

Over the first, she ventured further south than any human had have you been. On the next, she vanished with her 129-strong staff in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic.

Her destiny remained a mystery for over 160 years.

After that, in 2014, she was about Erebus: THE STORYPLOT of a Dispatch found.

That is her story.

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‘Beyond wonderful . I didn’t want it to get rid of.’ Expenses Bryson

‘Lighted by flashes of mild wit . . . It’s a remarkable tale that [Palin] brings full-bloodedly to life.’ Guardian

‘This can be an amazing book . . . The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we’ve all been waiting for.’ Nicholas Crane

‘Thoroughly absorbs the reader. . . Properly explored and well-crafted, it provides the story of a ship vividly to life.’ Sunday Moments

‘A great tale . . . Told in an exceedingly relaxed and occasionally – as you might expect – very funny Palin design.’ David Baddiel, Daily Mail

‘Magisterial . . . Brings energy, wit and mankind to a tale that has by no means ceased to tantalise people because the 1840s.’ The Times