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Denied a role in Victorian England's male-dominated society, Jane Franklin took her revenge by seizing control of the most masculine of pursuits, Arctic exploration, and shaping it to her own ends. Now, Ken McGoogan brings this remarkable, little-understood historical figure to life.
Arguably the greatest woman traveller of her day. Lady Franklin rode a donkey into Nazareth, sailed a rat-infested boat up the Nile, climbed mountains in Africa, and, wearing petticoats, beat her way through the Tasmanian bush. She ultimately circumnavigated the globe, capturing her experiences in voluminous diaries that provide a unique window onto the British Empire in the nineteenth century.
When her husband, Sir John Franklin, disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, in a misguided attempt to discover the final link in the Northwest Passage, she orchestrated an unprecedented twelve-year search. Though she failed to rescue Franklin, she contributed more to the discovery of the North that any celebrated explorer, and turned failure into triumph by creating a legend that has survived to this day.
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| Weight: | 0.78 kg |
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CDN$ 36.95 (US$ 35.96) |
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| ISBN-10: | 0002006715 |
| ISBN-13/EAN: | 9780002006712 |
| Author: | McGoogan, Ken |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins
Toronto, Ontario |
| Publication Date: | 9/2005 |
| Pages: | 468 pp |
| Size/Dimensions: | 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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