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Benedict Allen


Born
in Macclesfield, The United Kingdom
March 01, 1960

Genre
Travel


Benedict Colin Allen is a British writer, traveller and adventurer known for his technique of immersion among indigenous peoples from whom he acquires skills for hazardous journeys through unfamiliar terrain. In 2010, Allen was elected a Trustee of the Royal Geographical Society. He has recorded six TV series for the BBC, either alone or with partial or total use of camera crews, and has published ten books, including the Faber Book of Exploration, which he edited.[1]

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,147 ratings · 113 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors
Mad White Giant
4.15 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions
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Into the Abyss: Explorers o...
3.62 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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Explorer: The Quest for Adv...
3.62 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions
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Into the crocodile's nest: ...
3.61 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions
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The Faber Book of Explorati...
3.98 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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The Skeleton Coast: A Journ...
4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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Edge of Blue Heaven: A Jour...
4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
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Hunting the Gugu
3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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The Nation's Favourite Poem...
3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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Through jaguar eyes: Crossi...
3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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