Winged Bull - The Extraordinary Life of Henry Layard, Adventurer Who Discovered

Lawrence of Arabia meets Indiana Jones in the first biography of archaeologist and adventurer Henry Layard in over 50 years.

About the author

Jeff Pearce (Toronto, CA) has traveled far to get his unusual and compelling stories. He¿s interviewed a Kurdish army commander on the Iraqi front near Mosul, and he¿s taught journalism in Myanmar. He¿s investigated the dangerous realm of street gangs, and he¿s tracked down survivors of a war in Africa that changed the world.

Pearce has worked for print and broadcast media operations both in Canada and the UK, and he has contributed Op-Ed pieces to the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and Myanmar¿s Irrawaddy among other publications. He is also known for his on-camera contributions to the Haile Selassie documentary, Faces of Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Pearce, Pearce Jeff
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2021
• EAN: 9781633886995
• ISBN: 978-1-63388-699-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Geographical discovery & exploration, Archaeology, Geographical discovery and exploration, Biography: adventurers and explorers