David Crane (historian)
Encyclopedia
David Crane read history and English at Oxford University before becoming a lecturer at universities in Holland,
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. He lives in northwest Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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He has written three books; two about Lord Byron and his family:-
- Lord Byron's Jackal: A Life of Trelawny (1999)
- The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byrons (2002), held in 390 librariesd according to WorldCat
and most recently a biography of explorer Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
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- Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy(2006)