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He was known simply as the Blind Traveller -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a iced captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. Adam Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the biggest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his very best feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a movie star, a bestselling author, and an creativity to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying within an obscurity that has endured -- as yet.A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Pulling on careful research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's exclusively vivid sensory world, then sweeps us away on a fantastic journey over the known world during the Age of Exploration. Full with suspense, laughter, international intrigue, and remarkable characters, this is a tale to awaken our own senses of awe and surprise.
