{"product_id":"great-uncle-harry-a-tale-of-war-empire","title":"Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War \u0026 Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that: a tremendous act of love.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e ___________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, he was determined to find out more about him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreat-Uncle Harry\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest.\u003cbr\u003e ___________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e PRAISE FOR EREBUS:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Beyond terrific.\u003c\/b\u003e I didn't want it to end.' BILL BRYSON\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eMagisterial\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Palin \u003cb\u003ebrings energy, wit and humanity\u003c\/b\u003e to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people.' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Everybody's talking about it . . . \u003cb\u003eA brilliant book.'\u003c\/b\u003e CHRIS EVANS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eI absolutely loved it: \u003cb\u003eI had to read it at one sitting\u003c\/b\u003e.' LORRAINE KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585335427269,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Great-Uncle_20Harry.jpg?v=1716710979","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/great-uncle-harry-a-tale-of-war-empire","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}