I May Be Some Time

''A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination.'' Jan Morris, The Times''Shot through with crystalline brilliance.'' Washington Post''Fascinating.'' Sunday TimesWhen 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 outsi...