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Lady Franklin's revenge a true story of ambition, obsession and the remaking of Arctic history

When Sir John Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, it was his adventurous wife, Jane Franklin, who kept the search for him alive and, as a result, contributed more to the discovery and mapping of the North than any explorer. A third masterful biography from historian Ken McGoogan, <Lady Franklin's Revenge</ is the richly documented story of a complex, ambitious Victorian'arguably the greatest woman traveller of the 19th century' and the transformation of a failed expedition into a triumphant legend. A <Globe and Mail</ Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Ontario Libraries Evergreen Award, <Lady Franklin's Revenge</ is an exquisitely illustrated epic adventure.</

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