Book description
Lost on a remote Sumatran volcano...pursued through a Tokyo
backstreet by a Japanese gangster...picnicking with the French Foreign
Legion in the Horn of Africa: Frank Gardner's idea of a holiday is not
everyone's. But ever since his student days, the BBC security
correspondent has done some epicly hard travelling in a remarkable
number of countries. Drawing on the diaries, sketches and photos he
kept during his travels, his immaculately observed accounts of these
often strange, sometimes daring, adventures form the backbone of his
new book.
In June 2004, while on what should have been a routine assignment in
Riyadh, his life - never mind his ability to travel the world - was
nearly brought to a violent end by Islamist gunmen. Frank survived
against all the odds and through force of will, has found himself
looking towards far horizons once more. He's not only been skiing in
the Alps, scuba diving in the Red Sea and explored the jungles of
Cambodia, he is also reporting once more from far-flung destinations
like Afghanistan and Colombia - and this is a man who no longer has
the use of his legs...
This is Frank Gardner's compelling, personal account of the
myriad adventures that made him the man he was on that fateful day -
and of the journeys he's made since, and how they've helped him to
become the remarkable and inspiring individual he is today.
Born in 1961, Frank Gardner is the BBC's full-time Security
Correspondent. A fluent Arabist, with a degree in Arabic and Islamic
Studies, he was previously the BBC's Middle East Correspondent. He has
written for the
Economist
,
Daily Telegraph
and
The Best of
Sunday Times
Travel Writing
. His first book was the bestselling
Blood & Sand
. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, and the prestigious
El Mundo Prize for International Journalism,
Frank Gardner is married with two children and lives in London.
