 The explorer on the adventures of his ancestors.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the first person to have reached the world’s highest peak and to have crossed both ice caps. Most recently, whilst on a recent trip to Everest, he also managed to finish writing a history of his remarkable family . He joins Jenni to talk about his new book Mad Dogs and Englishmen in which you can find the ancestor who sat on the jury that condemned Ann Boleyn, the relatives who inspired Jane Austen and the redoubtable traveller, Celia Fiennes , who rode side-saddle across England at time when the roads were riddled with highwaymen.
Mad Dogs and Enflishmen by Ranulph Fiennes is published by Hodder and Stoughton - ISBN 978-0-340-92502-7 |
