Inspired by the swashbuckling travelogues of Victorian diplomat Lord Dufferin, frail surburbanite Tim Moore sets out to prove his physical and spiritual worth before his sceptical Nordic in-laws by retracing Dufferin's epic voyage to Iceland and Spitzbergen. Dufferin's battles with icebergs, polar bears and the deep potations of hospitable Norsemen is a tale of derring-do; Moore's struggle against seasickness, vertigo and over-priced groceries is all too plainly one of derring-don't. As his bid to emulate the Empire tradition of fearless pluck in the face of adversity crumbles before haughty Icelandic skippers, a convoy of Norwegian Vikings and Spitzbergen's Soviet ghost towns, he finds himself transferring his affections to Dufferin's valet Wilson, a man so profoundly gloomy that 'he was seen to smile but once, when told that his colleague, the steward, had been almost thrown overboard'. As Moore says, 'Dufferin seems the personification of Kipling's 'If'. I'm more of a 'But... ' man myself.' FROST ON MY MOUSTACHE is the wretched apologia of a big earl's blouse.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9780349111407
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92012646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Frost on My Moustache: the Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
Author
Tim Moore
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2000
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
129mm
Item Width
201mm
Item Weight
202g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Tim Moore
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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