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A thriller set against the unforgettable summer of 1940, the finest hour of the British Air Forces
A drama about the ruinious effects of oil slicks, and two people who take a stand to save the coastal ...
Gavin Francis was born in 1975 and brought up in Fife, Scotland. After qualifying from medical school in Edinburgh he spent ten years travelling, visiting all seven continents. He has worked in Africa and India, made several trips to the Arctic, and crossed Eurasia and Australasia by motorcycle. His first book, True North, was published in 2008. He has lectured at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, the Edinburgh Book Festival, and is a regular speaker at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He lives in Edinburgh. www.gavinfrancis.com
* Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize *Empire Antarctica is the story of one man and his fascination with the world's loneliest continent, as well as the emperor penguins who weather the winter ...