SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023* NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON ALL 4 *This is a fabulous adventurereckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter ... irresistible reading.Joanna LumleyAlex 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.' Dan Snow_______________________________________________________________A journey that I dont think could be made again today. It was this comment by Sir David Attenborough on the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic First Overland expedition that became an irresistible challenge for filmmaker and adventurer Alex Bescoby.In 1955, Attenborough, then a young TV producer, was approached by six recent university graduates determined to drive the entire length ofEurasia, from London to Singapore. It was the unclimbed Everest of motoringmany had tried, none had succeede