Lady Franklins Revenge
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0002006715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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KEN McGOOGAN’s quartet of books about Arctic history— Fatal Passage, Ancient Mariner, Lady Franklin’s Revenge and Race to the Polar Sea—have made him one of the most acclaimed popular historians in Canada and a national bestselling author. Visit his website at kenmcgoogan.
With Lady Franklin’s Revenge, bestselling author KenMcGoogan (Fatal Passage,Ancient Mariner) delivers another pageturning biography that brings a remarkable historical figure vividly to life.Denied a role in Victorian England’s male-dominated society, Jane Franklin(17911875) took her revenge by seizing control of that most masculine ofpursuits, Arctic exploration, and shaping its history to her own ends.Arguably the greatest woman traveller of the 19th century, LadyFranklin rode a donkey into Nazareth, sailed a rat-infested boat up the Nile,climbed mountains in Africa and the Holy Land, and, wearing petticoats, beat herway through the Tasmanian bush. When Sir John Franklin, her husband, disappeared into the Arcticin 1845, she orchestrated an unprecedented 12-year search, contributing more tothe discovery of the North than any celebrated explorer. Having failed to rescuethe hapless Franklin, she turned failure into triumph by creating a legend.Richly detailed, panoramic in scope, this biography of theunforgettable Jane Franklin is destined to become a classic.
About the AuthorKEN McGOOGAN’s quartet of books about Arctic history— Fatal Passage, Ancient Mariner, Lady Franklin’s Revenge and Race to the Polar Sea—have made him one of the most acclaimed popular historians in Canada and a national bestselling author. Visit his website at kenmcgoogan.
Maybe John Franklin needed revenge I read widely about arctic exploration, and I always wondered why Sir John Franklin set off for the arctic for the third time at the age of 59 when he was not in particularly good health. This book opened my eyes to his motivation. I will leave it to the rea. Beth Camp said Excellent historical research .. If you are interested in what shaped Sir John Franklin before his abortive exploration in the Arctic, McGoogan presents a tour-de-force portrait of his second wife, Jane, an indefatigable traveler and adventurer. I read this book for insights into 19th Centu. Jack A Zondag said An enduring mystery and tragedy. I have just finished McGoogan's book about John Rae and his search for the northwest passage. Rae's search also found the first proof that Franklin and his men had perished in the Arctic. Instead of gratitude, Lady Fgranklin turned on Rae and this is the nex