The Last Overland is the remarkable story of filmmaker and historian Alex Bescoby’s journey to recreate the iconic First Overland expedition made in 1956 in the original Land Rover.
Alex Bescoby is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and presenter with a love of history, travel and storytelling. A Cambridge University history and politics graduate, he has written for BBC News, the Telegraph, National Geographic and Lonely Planet. His long- and short-form films have been shown by global broadcasters including the BBC, History Channel, Discovery and Canal+.
Bescoby is a terrific travelling companion, full of insight, sharp
observation and enviable sangfroid.
*Michael Wood*
Told with verve, passion, and above all a huge amount of fun, this
is the real thing ... Bescoby is a terrific travelling companion,
full of insight, sharp observation and enviable sangfroid.
*Michael Wood*
Elegant, wry, indomitable, self-deprecating – a splendid, sparkling
addition to expeditions and to travel writing.
*Rory Stewart*
A fantastic piece of travel writing set to become a classic of the
genre. The Last Overland is an epic overland journey, epitomising
the spirit of the great modern adventure.
*Levison Wood*
The Last Overland is an epic overland journey, epitomising the
spirit of the great modern adventure.
*Levison Wood*
Alex Bescoby weaves travel, adventure, history and the contemporary
together like no one else. His great gift is to take us on a
journey through past and present. By its end we have learned more
about the world and ourselves
*Dan Snow*
The First Overland was an amazing journey, underlining the fact
that adventure is always out there for anybody who seeks it. This
epic recreation of that trip shows us that whether you’re the first
or the thousandth, the view from the mountaintop is just as
incredible. I know that Alex’s Last Overland expedition will
inspire other intrepid explorers to ensure that this is definitely
not the last – there is always more to see and explore
*Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet*
This is a fabulous adventure – reckless, insanely ambitious and
filled with sweat, tears and laughter ... irresistible reading. An
immense challenge and a thrilling true story
*Joanna Lumley*
A proper adventure story – a journey halfway around the world with
all the scrapes, hiccups, wonderment and exhilaration to be
expected from an epic journey in an old Land Rover with a leaky
roof. Told with an infectious enthusiasm, passion and compelling
verve, this is the story of an overland journey that says much
about our ongoing relationship with the planet on which we live,
but also the passage of time and an undimmed thirst for
adventure.
*James Holland*
Not content to just pay homage to a legendary journey, Alex Bescoby
must drive the very Land Rover, complete with GIN and TONIC Jerry
cans, that made the trip in 1955. Spoiler alert: nothing goes to
plan. The Last Overland is steered by an indomitable spirit through
time, friendships, obsession, doubt and perpetual motion. A book
not only for adventurous hearts who want to seize life, but for
those who want to interrogate what it is to be human.
*Keggie Carew*
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