Cherry
A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407054377
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Accomplishes what only the best biographies can
The Times
Beautiful...written with unfailing eloquence and grace, and great admiration for its subject
Independent
Beautifully written... Wheeler's vocabulary to evoke this luminous and cruel continent appears limitless
New York Times
Brilliantly succeeds not only in bringing this modest man disarmingly to life but also in recreating the England of his time and social setting...a formidable accomplishment
Sunday Telegraph
She brilliantly communicates the icy spell that holds her, and held Cherry, in its frozen grip
Observer
Superb
Guardian
The Antartic world and its explorers linger long after the book is finished
Literary Review
There is insight and elegance in her writing, and the crystal-clear understanding that has made possible the ghostly re-incarnation of this elusive man
Sunday Times
With this wonderful biography Sara Wheeler has now vaulted into the front rank of modern British writers...this volume is so much more than a story of one remarkable man. It is among other things an exploration of the mind, a tour through the notions of national identity and pride, and a celebration of the tensile strength of the human spirit
Simon Winchester