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Endurance

Tim Griffiths

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English
Allen & Unwin
29 July 2015
This novel tells the story of a real-life Australian hero, photographer, explorer and adventurer Frank Hurley. It is a story told through his eyes and in his words, and it reveals a tantalising portrait of the man behind the legend he has become...

Hurley's photographs and documentaries of Douglas Mawson's and Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expeditions, and his astounding images of World War I have been so widely exhibited and reproduced that in many cases they are the principal means by which we have come to see those world-shattering events. His iconic images: of Endurance trapped in an ocean of ice, of men battling the most extreme elements in the Antarctic, and suffering under unthinkable conditions in war are imprinted on the Australian consciousness.

Here now is the man, Hurley, telling us of his part in the two ill-fated Antarctic expeditions and recounting tales of great heroism and suffering as he fights for his life among the ice and the elements, and witnesses the worst ravages of war on the Western Front. 

Endurance is an extraordinary debut novel, a rollicking white-knuckle adventure story that also takes us to the very heart of heroism and sacrifice...

Endurance by Tim Griffiths at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney

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Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   490g
ISBN:   9781760111540
ISBN 10:   1760111546
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tim Griffiths is a partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, specialising in Insurance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution. He lives in Sydney. Hurley is his first novel.

Reviews for Endurance

Frank Hurley lived an improbably adventurous life, somehow crowding many lives into seventy-six eventful years. In exploring the photographer's early days, Tim Griffiths brings his own adventurous spirit and Hurley-like verve to this gripping fictional portrait of an extraordinary Australian life. -- Alasdair McGregor, author of Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life This is a very strong, quintessentially Australian novel. The language, the character, the whole yarn - Endurance is the goods. -- Peter FitzSimons Tim Griffiths brilliantly merges these realities with imagination, colour and a suite of literary devices that creates a totally engaging thriller based on Hurley's exploits. * Mercury (Hobart) * An impressive debut novel by Griffiths, Hurley's story is told first-person as he views heroism and sacrifice all about him. * Newcastle Herald *


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