{"product_id":"1326823","title":"Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Ranulph Fiennes","description":"Discover Sir Ranulph Twistelton-Wykham-Fiennesās personal expedition to trace his extraordinary family through the twists and turns of history. From Charlemagne ā himself a direct ancestor of the author ā to the count who very nearly persuaded William the Conqueror to retreat at Hastings, many members of this unique clan have lived close to the nerve centre of the ruler of their day.They number in their ranks a murderer, a wife poisoner, a poacher, England's greatest female traveller of the 17th century, and an extortionist Lord High Treasurer, teen cousins who eloped, a noble lord hanged for manslaughter, another hanged for adultery with the King's wife, and many who, as admirals or major-generals, won famous battles. The Fiennesā behind Cromwell provided the castle in which the Parliamentarians made their first secret moves, the same building in which twenty-one successive generations of the family have lived for 600 unbroken years. One Fiennes had his head cut off by the London mob and stuck on Tower Bridge, another led the First Crusade that captured Jerusalem . . . And that is just a taster.Ranulph Fiennes tells the story of his unconventional, exceptional family, and reveals the ingredients for the man described by theGuinness Book of Recordsas 'the worldās greatest living explorer'. This 2009 Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton Canada Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780340925034 SKU: 1326823 \u003ci\u003eNote: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48527442968853,"sku":"1326823","price":17.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1326823.jpg?v=1725858359","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1326823","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}