in an accident on their family farm in Somerset
from military jets to commercial planes
' 'A captivating page-turner'
who enjoyed a 50-year career
as well as anyone with an interest in all that is fascinating and awe-inspiring on Planet Earth (and beyond)
Syracuse Spooky in an accident on theirSyracuse, on the eastern coast of Sicily, was one of the great cities of the ancient Mediterranean: a place of brute power, dazzling culture, and vivid myth. Here, tyrants waged wars and built vast palaces, Aeschylus staged tragedies, Plato hoped to create his ideal 'philosopher king', and the nymph Arethusa, transformed into water, lived on as a spring fringed with papyrus. Moving to the city after a bereavement, the poet Joachim Sartorius discovers