Caroline Alexander is the author of internationally best-selling Skies of Thunder, The Endurance, The Bounty, and other works of literary non-fiction. In 2015, she published an acclaimed translation of Homer's Iliad, the first English translation (form the original Greek) of a Homeric poem by a woman.

Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World is a tale about the pilots who flew fickle, untested aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, with inaccurate maps and only primitive navigation technology. There were deadly crashes (more than 600) and astonishing feats of courage and survival.

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition is a truly riveting account of Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition…one of the last of the great adventures of what is now called the Heroic Age of Explorations. The plan was to cross the Antarctic on foot. Only 80 miles from Endurance’s destination, the ship was caught in thick pack ice that splintered and sank it.

Caroline’s book includes never-before published images by Frank Hurley. You can see some of them here: https://www.historyhit.com/photos-of-shackletons-endurance/

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