books by Tim Jeal (explorer swimming greatest)

books by Tim Jeal

books:

Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

14 reviews
Tim Jeal

Yale University Press, 2008

The Best Biography of Stanley
Years ago I stumbled on a book of fiction about Stanley's captaining of the ill-fated relief mission to "save" Emin Pasha in the late 1880's. I simply couldn't believe that what I was reading about the horrors of the journey were real, so began by reading my first Stanley biography. The horrors were real, and the courage required of African explorers was almost beyond imagination. Stanley, ...

Livingstone (Yale Nota Bene)

3 reviews
Tim Jeal

Yale University Press, 2001

If Only Our Novelists Could Write So Well
Jeal's biography became an instant classic upon publication some years ago. It is doubtful that Livingstone will ever be so fully portrayed, "warts and all," as the saying goes. Quite apart from the life depicted, this biography is a work of art. The prose is gorgeous, quite simply among the best biographies of the decade. One is simultaneously gripped and repelled by the author's extraordinary ...

Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Tim Jeal

Faber and Faber, 2007

Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts

4 reviews
Tim Jeal

Yale University Press, 2007

Excellent, 5 years of research, Diary and letter references
Tim Jeal was given unrestricted access to the unrivalled family archive by the great-nephew Mr. Francis Baden-Powell. There are many pictures in this book that cannot be found anywhere else. Tim Jeal spent five years of research prior to writing this book. There are FIVE pages of acknowledgements which include, British Scout Association, Mr. J L Tarr (Chief Scout Executive of BSA) and numerous ...

Swimming with My Father: A Memoir
Tim Jeal

Faber & Faber, 2004

This is a tender portrait of childhood, growing up, and of a father who was uniquely English eccentric. From his own embarrassing schoolboy meeting with T.S. Eliot to his father's struggle with Parkinson's, it is a lovingly composed, honest exploration of the past.

The Boy-Man: The Life of Lord Baden-Powell

2 reviews
Tim Jeal

William Morrow & Co, 1990

One Scouter's review of an honest biography of the founder.
Jeal has written an authoritative and well researched biography of the Chief Scout of the World. His style is extremely readable and he seeks to avoid conclusions. He treats the rumors of BP being a homosexual openly (the rumors, not BP). His biography is overall very positive but not fawning. I highly recommend it to any Scout leader.