Book description
The reissue of a Simon Winchester classic
In 1985 Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover
exactly what was left of the British Empire travelled 100,000 miles
back and forth from Antarctica to the Caribbean to visit the far-flung
islands that are all that remain of what once made Britain great. His
adventures in these distant and forgotten ends of the earth make
compelling and often funny reading.
With a new introduction and additional material in many of the
chapters, this revised edition tells us what has happened while the
author's been away.
Simon Winchester was born and educated in England, has lived in
Africa, Ireland, India and China, and now lives in US. He was a foreign
correspondent for 30 years and now contributes to a variety of American
and British magazines and newspapers. Hismost recent books have been the
two international bestsellers, The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map
that Changed the World. His new book, Krakatoa: The Day the World
Exploded is published in June 2002.
