Standalone Novels In Publication Order
- Killer Elite / The Feather Men (1991)
- The Sett (1996)
- The Secret Hunters (2001)
Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order
- A Talent For Trouble (1970)
- Ice Fall in Norway (1972)
- The Headless Valley (1973)
- Where Soldiers Fear to Tread (1975)
- Hell on Ice (1979)
- To the Ends of the Earth (1983)
- Bothie The Polar Dog (1984)
- Living Dangerously (1988)
- Atlantis of the Sands (1992)
- Mind Over Matter (1993)
- Fit for Life (1999)
- Beyond the Limits (2000)
- Captain Scott (2004)
- Race to the Pole (2004)
- An Evening with Ranulph Fiennes (2005)
- Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (2007)
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2009)
- My Heroes (2011)
- Cold (2013)
- Agincourt (2014)
- Heat (2015)
- Forty Shades of White (With: Ginni Bazlinton) (2016)
- House of Snow (2016)
- Colder (2016)
- Fear (2016)
- The Noise of Ice (With: Enzo Barracco) (2016)
- The Elite (2019)
- Shackleton (2021)
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Ranulph Fiennes Books Overview
Killer Elite / The Feather Men
The enthralling page turner Library Journal now a major motion picture starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De NiroHere is a gripping novel, inspired by real life events, about a private team of British vigilantes that sets out to eliminate a gang of cold blooded contract killers. From 1977 to 1990, four former British soldiers die, one by one, supposedly due to accident or illness. But soon a link is established between the victims: a shared mission in the desert kingdom of Oman, where they fought for a sultan against insurgents and ruined the life of a rival sheikh, who in turn has sent a band of assassins to methodically slay the soldiers and salvage his pride. Now these clever assassins are on the run from an underground group of SAS vets with nothing to lose, no time to waste, and a desire to dispense their own form of justice no matter the cost. Previously published as The Feather Men
The Secret Hunters
As a child, Derek Jacobs was an inmate of a Na*zi prison camp and saw his mother horrifically abused. Now forging a career in the environment movement, he is co opted by The Secret Hunters a group who track down the perpetrators of genocide to exact their revenge.
To the Ends of the Earth
An account of the 1979 82 Transglobe expedition, the first circumpolar journey round the earth. Describes the 100,000 mile route which took them across the Sahara, through the swamps and jungles of Mali and the Ivory Coast, over unexplored crevasse fields in Antarctica and into the unpredictable hazards of the Arctic Ocean.
Living Dangerously
Brought up in South Africa, he never knew his father, who had died in the Italian Campaign the year before he was born. Ranulph followed his father’s path into the Royal Scots Greys. After that came the SAS, from which he was dismissed for blowing up an American film set at the idyllic Cotswold village of Castle Combs, then two vicious years as a volunteer fighting communist insurgents in Oman. Then began the series of expeditions for which Fiennes is best known and which caused The Guinness Book of Records to hail him in 1984 as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer.’ Up the White Nile in a hovercraft, parachuting onto Europe’s highest glacier, forcing his way up 4,000 miles of terrifying rivers in northern Canada and Alaska, overland to the North Pole and to the ends of the earth, across the world’s axis the Transglobe Expedition which took ten years from conception to completion. He writes here too about his attempt to reach the North Pole without dogs or motorised equipment, beating the world record by 300 miles, his determination to find the lost city of Urbar in the Arabian desert and, finally, his extraordinary journey across the Antarctic Continent via the South Pole. Living Dangerously is a remarkable testament from a remarkable man.
Atlantis of the Sands
This is the account of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 24 year search for the lost city of Ubar, the Koranic version of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Arabian Desert. The existence of Ubar has been reported by many travellers over the centuries including Marco Polo, Ibn Batuta and Bertram Thomas. Having searched for the site for many years, Sir Ranulph teamed up with an American film maker in 1968 to track down the likely site. A complete excavation is being carried out with the support of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos of Oman in the remote Bedouin village of Shisr and will take up to ten years. The author’s other books include his autobiography ‘Living Dangerously’ and ‘The Feather Men’.
Mind Over Matter
This exciting book gives the true, vibrant, and bone chilling account of the first unassisted crossing of Antarctica 1,350 miles by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the man described in the Guinness Book of World Records as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer.’ 16 page photo insert.
Fit for Life
For Ranulph Fiennes, described by the Guinness Book of Records as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer,’ physical fitness is no fad it has enabled him to withstand the rigours of desert and glacier alike. The book includes research into body types and environmental effects; advice on self motivation, diet, and basic food control; and guidance on avoiding stress, illness, and injury. Beginning with basic exercises designed to help you maintain a minimum level of fitness, and progressing through to training regimes for those aiming for greater heights in sport, adventure, or everyday life, Fit for Life provides practical help and to take you as far as you wish to go
Beyond the Limits
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been hailed by the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS as the world’s greatest living explorer. Now in his late fifties and still recovering from his latest expedition, an unsupported attempt to reach the North Pole which nearly cost him his life, he looks back on three decades of adventures in all corners of the globe and what he has learned from them. Reflecting on such diverse themes as the importance of choosing the right team, monitoring the opposition and dealing with the media, Sir Ranulph presents a breathtaking collection of photographs from his personal archive and discusses the sometimes painful lessons he has taken away from each expedition. From the famous and successful Transglobe voyage in the early 1980s to his life threatening attempt on the North Pole in 2000, this is a riveting and enlightening insight into the life of an extraordinary man.
Captain Scott
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered all but the final tragedy endured by the much maligned Scott. He is determined to put the record straight. As well as being the definitive biography of Scott, written with the full and exclusive cooperation of the Scott Estate, this book traces the way that Scott’s reputation has been attacked and his achievements distorted.
Race to the Pole
The real story of Captain Robert Scott’s legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed ‘the world’s greatest living explorer,’ Sir Ranulph Fiennes. During the Golden Era of Exploration, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. This perilous race to the South Pole claimed the life of Scott and became the stuff of legend, as well as endless scrutiny. In this compelling, meticulously researched biography of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, renowned modern day explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, holder of 10 expeditionary records, has written what is sure to become the definitive book on this hotly debated subject. Race to the Pole provides a level of immediacy and accuracy that no other account has ever approached. Fiennes gained the exclusive cooperation of the Scott estate, as well as access to the descendants of key players, including those of Amundsen. As an explorer who has led over 30 expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation of the earth and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic continent, he has firsthand knowledge of the grueling feat that Scott and his team undertook, as well as the physical tortures they endured. Infused with the intensity of fiction and exhibiting an exhaustive eye for detail found in the greatest historical biographies, Race to the Pole is a prodigious achievement and certain to become a classic in the literature of exploration.
An Evening with Ranulph Fiennes
Brought up in South Africa, he never knew his father, who had died in the Italian Campaign the year before he was born. Ranulph followed his father’s path into the Royal Scots Greys. After that came the SAS, from which he was dismissed for blowing up an American film set at the idyllic Cotswold village of Castle Combs, then two vicious years as a volunteer fighting communist insurgents in Oman. Then began the series of expeditions for which Fiennes is best known and which caused The Guinness Book of Records to hail him in 1984 as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer.’ Up the White Nile in a hovercraft, parachuting onto Europe’s highest glacier, forcing his way up 4,000 miles of terrifying rivers in northern Canada and Alaska, overland to the North Pole and to the ends of the earth, across the world’s axis the Transglobe Expedition which took ten years from conception to completion. He writes here too about his attempt to reach the North Pole without dogs or motorised equipment, beating the world record by 300 miles, his determination to find the lost city of Urbar in the Arabian desert and, finally, his extraordinary journey across the Antarctic Continent via the South Pole. Living Dangerously is a remarkable testament from a remarkable man.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process he nearly died on several occasions, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, and raised millions for charity. He discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the South Pole. He was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In 1993, Her Majesty the Queen awarded him the Order of the British Empire for ‘human endeavor and charitable services.’ An elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, and a renowned explorer, Fiennes describes here in his own words his incredible journey through life.
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