The Lost Ones

In 1924, a woman entered the capital of Tibet after having travelled thousands of kilometres on foot. It was the first time a foreigner had crossed the border of the sacred city. This mythical feat, one of many by Alexandra David-Néel, made the reputation of this explorer, writer, anarchist, feminist and traveller.

Victor Lustig was a brazen liar who loved the high life. In 1925, he pulled off the biggest con of all - literally.

Horrified at the rise of facism and the outbreak of war, Annemarie Schwarzenbach fled to travel the world with her lover.

He was both the most adored and the most feared of the Italian aviation aces during the Great War and he took part in the spectacular and delirious experiment of the Free State of Fiume.

Prospector Jakko Isola went to the icy wilderness of northern Finland in the hope of finding gold. What he found instead was inner peace in the beauty and tranquillity of the far North. That is until he finally did uncover gold….

On the shores of the Red Sea he was known as the Sea Wolf. The extraordinary story of the man who had been everything: Writer, sailor, privateer, arms and hashish dealer.