

Told in a very relaxed and sometimes - as you might expect - very funny Palin style.' David Baddiel, Daily Mail

Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.' Sunday Times

The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for.' Nicholas Crane It's a fascinating story that brings full-bloodedly to life.' Guardian The 372-ton ship was armed with two mortars one 13 in (330 mm) and one 10 in (254 mm) and 10 guns. The vessel was the second in the Royal Navy named after Erebus, the personification of darkness in Greek mythology. Now available: Michael Palin's North Korea Journals HMS Erebus was a Hecla -class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales, in 1826. Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic, along with the HMS Terror. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. Website & Social Media Links: themichaelpalin.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In 2000, he was made a CBE in the New Years’ Honours List for services to television drama and travel. Palin also published novels, like The Truth in 2012. He wrote children’s books, like Limericks, Cyril and the Dinner Party, Cyril and The House of Commons, and The Mirrorstone.
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Other documentaries in which he appears: Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Hemingway Adventure, Sahara, The Ladies Who Loved Matisse, Himalaya. In 2005 he is presented with a BAFTA Special Award. He won various awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in Great Railway Journeys of The World, The Missionary (1983), A Private Function, The Dress. He appeared in the well known Monty Python from 1969.
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He wrote for a lot of TV shows and for theatre too. After University he went on to follow his passion for theatre and TV. He read History at Brasenose College, Oxford. Erebus by Michael PalinĪbout the author: Michael Palin was born in Sheffield on 5th May 1943. Of course, there is a description of how the ship was discovered in the cold waters of Canada. The story continues with the efforts made by Franklin’s wife to whitewash his memory and remove any stories of cannibalism, made by someone that talked with the inuits. The second part of the book, that was about the Franklin Expedition to discover the Northwest Passage was much more interesting and I’m glad I did finish the book. I started to get bored with the accounts of how many animals they shoot. HMS Erebus was constructed in Pembroke and was part of Ross’s Antarctic expedition of 1839–43. Also he jumps from 1800s to 1980s and so on, again, nothing to do with the ship, but with the Falkland Islands. That is not exactly what I was expecting from the book, so too many “I”s in the narrative. In practice is a mix of details about the ship and its voyages and, also, descriptions of things that have nothing in common with the ship.įor example, Palin will interrupt the historical accounting with some story about his own journeys in the same areas. Erebus by Michael Palin – The Story of a Ship.
