Victim of the Aurora (Harvest Book) - Brossura

Keneally, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0156007339 ISBN 13: 9780156007337

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2001

Riassunto

On the verge of its drive for the South Pole in 1910, a twenty-five-man Antarctic expedition, led by Sir Eugene Stewart, is unnerved by the savage murder of one of its members. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Thomas Keneally is renowned as the author of Schindler's List, which was awarded the Booker Prize and made into an Academy Award-winning film by Steven Spielberg. His latest work is The Great Shame, a narrative history of the Irish diaspora. He is author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction and is one of Australia's leading literary figures. He lives in Sydney.

Product Description:

The thrilling story of an ill-fated expedition to the South Poleby the bestselling and award-winning author of Schindler's List. In the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of English gentleman- adventurers led by Sir Eugene Stewart launched an expedition to reach the South Pole. More than sixty years later, Anthony Piers, the official artist of the New British South Polar Expedition, finally unveils the soberingconditions of their perilous journey: raging wind, bitter cold, fierce hunger, absolute darkness-and murder. The first two decades of the twentieth century were known as the "heroic era" of Antarctic exploration. In 1911, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. Weeks later, doomed British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrived-and then perished in a blizzard. And in 1914, Ernest Shackleton embarked on his infamous voyage to Antarctica. Set during this epic period of adventure and discovery, Victim of the Aurora re-creates a thrilling time in an unforgiving place and is a brilliantly plotted tale of psychological suspense.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0156007339
• ISBN 13: 9780156007337
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 234