The Rash Adventurer: The Life of John Pendlebury

Pendlebury was an extraordinary man, every inch a real life Indiana Jones. As an archaeologist he succeeded Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, travelling all over the island in search of ancient sites. He was later director of excavations at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt. He was also an athlete, gaining a blue for Cambridge, and a guerilla commander in Crete under Nazi occupation where he died fighting. Written by archaeologist Imogen Grundon this is his first biography.