For anyone who has read the Alan Moorhead books, this is an interesting fleshing out of the history. Thanks to exhaustive research on the Burton and Speke explorations, the author is able to reveal the deeper truths behind their antagonism of their relationship including Burton's treachery and Sp...
The programme (addressed to ‘colleges and schools’) was a member of that increasingly popular family of socio-biological hybrids sired by The Naked Ape. The night before, he and Eleanor had made no serious attempt to navigate the murky waters now separating them. For his part, Paul was still relu...
He had just finished his first term at Oxford and had brought a friend with him. George asked the questions which he presumed were expected—what his friend was reading, what college he was at—and after that left them both alone. Mercifully for him they both spent most of the day outside shooting ...
Albion surged forwards and steadied momentarily before dropping with stomach-turning speed into the troughs of the mountainous Atlantic rollers; then, more slowly she would rise to the next crest, as the following wave caught her up astern and passed her with a thundering rush, throwing up boilin...
The past few days had been extraordinarily tense for Peter but the modifications to the bridge had finally been successful, and now he could think of nothing more enjoyable than relaxing with his wife and entertaining the boys. When he suggested another coastal walk to Andrea, and she declined to...
Though the sun was shining in a clear pale sky, the track was rutted hard with frost, and the wind was cold enough to make Clinton’s eyes water. The carman held the reins loosely in his mittened hands, letting the mare trot or walk as she pleased, and this, combined with the old man’s soft melanc...
*The tiled floor, the heavy doors of the lift, the marquetry elephants and palm trees on the sides of the lift. This time no Andrew to meet me. I walked along the corridor to the door of the flat. Simpson opened the door and gave me a smile that was almost confidential, as...
Since Charles’s car was not parked in the drive, Derek assumed that neither his wife nor his host had yet returned. He was therefore surprised, on opening his bedroom door, to see Diana hurriedly packing their cases. Derek said nothing, and stood waiting for her to speak, but she went on folding ...