{"product_id":"i-may-be-some-time-pb","title":"Francis Spufford: I MAY BE SOME TIME [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination.' Jan Morris, \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shot through with crystalline brilliance.' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination. Everyone remembers the doomed Captain Oates's last words: 'I'm just going outside, and I may be some time.' Francis Spufford's celebrated and prize-winning history shows how Scott's death was the culmination of a national enchantment with vast empty spaces, the beauty of untrodden snow, and perilous journeys to the end of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eYoung Writer of the Year Award, the Writers' Guild Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the Banff Mountain Book Prize. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spufford, Francis (Author)","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44318518509858,"sku":"9780571346783","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/spufford-francis-spufford-francis-author-i-may-be-some-time-pb-9780571346783-40361079636258.jpg?v=1673894140","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/i-may-be-some-time-pb","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}