Endurance is the story of a lesser known Australian hero Frank Hurley.
The book tells his story through his eyes; running away from his home in Glebe, his genius in mastering the art of photography, his voyage to the Antarctic with Douglas Mawson in 1911 and being shipwrecked in the Antarctic with Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1916. (Shackleton’s lost ship, Endurance, has been found in the Antarctic, over 100 years since it sank)
Commissioned in 1917 as Official AIF Photographer in World War One, Endurance tells of Frank Hurley’s horror at what he witnessed on the Western Front and of his falling out with army officialdom.
Endurance examines the very nature of heroism and the creation of our enduring visual record of historic events.
You can read more about Endurance on its official Allen and Unwin page.
Praise for Endurance
‘This is a very strong, quintessentially Australian novel. The language, the character, the whole yarn – Endurance is the goods.’ — Peter FitzSimons
‘Frank Hurley lived an improbably adventurous life, somehow crowding many lives into seventy-six eventful years. In exploring the photographer’s early days, Tim Griffiths brings his own adventurous spirit and Hurley-like verve to this gripping fictional portrait of an extraordinary Australian life.’ —Alasdair McGregor, author of Frank Hurley: A photographer’s life
‘This is a spectacular tale all around, a superb example of how a biographical novel can bring history alive for those who may find academic versions too dry or daunting. Very highly recommended.’ — The Historical Novel Society