Drawing on his own experience, Mr. Fiennes offers a rare perspective.

Ernest Shackleton knew how to tell a good story. So does Ranulph Fiennes.

Fiennes...uses this personal history to inform our understanding of Shackleton’s triumphs and ordeals.

... an insider’s look into a very select club. In a sense, that creates a problem. It is easy to set expectations too high, though Fiennes himself is complicit in this.

... satisfying.

... [a] sympathetic if somewhat dry biography.