CHERRY: A LIFE OF APSLEY CHERRY GARRARD (PB)

A brilliant biography of the youngest member of Captain Scot's final expedition to the Antarctic, written with the full co-operation of Cherry's family. After serving in the First War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of his neighbour Bernard Shaw he wrote a masterpiece - The Worst Journey in the World - transforming tragedy and grief into something fine. But as the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.