North with Franklin [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Wilson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550414062 ISBN 13: 9781550414066

Verlag: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, 1999

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Book by Wilson John

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"No account of the Franklin expedition's miserable last months has survived, but Wilson's fictional account has an authentic ring. There are glimpses of sweet-natured Sir John himself . . . Best of all, there is an attempt to explain the lure of the north . . . Wilson has developed for Fitzjames a stiff-upper-lipped style . . . Yet, I grew increasingly fond of Fitzjames, a decent and brave man. As the ghastly end to the adventure approaches, Fitzjames' composure cracks: I suddenly found my heart as well as my head engaged by this story." - Charlotte Gray, The National Post" . . . a richly re-imagined fable which goes far beyond anything the historical record alone might suggest, though it is carefully researched and never discordant with the glimmers history has left us. . . If there is a danger to this sort of writing, it is that the pedestrian flow of events abroad ship, and the historical details which give that life its flavor, can lead to monotony - a realistic enough result, as most such expeditions were comprised of routines . . . But this is a danger that Wilson largely avoids, mainly because his Fitzjames is writing not to an expectant public at home, but to a dear sister-in-law whose implicit interest in Fitzjames' doings is far more personal. We do not so much hear as overhear [Fitzjames's] voice, and like some future explorer coming upon a frozen cache of letters, we bring our own sense of elegy to a correspondence that we know in advance cannot have ended happily. . . For readers of historical fiction who yearn to sojourn in those 'regions of thick-ribb'd ice' there could be few better companions than Wilson's James Fitzjames." - Russell A. Potter, The Arctic Book Review"Wilson has managed to make his invented journal seem authentic and his account of the ill-fated adventures seem plausible . . . one reads on, fascinated, to the bitter end." - The Globe and Mail "Based on a series of letters written by expedition officer James Fitzjames to the wife of a friend, and containing segments of his original journal (he mailed the journal from Greenland prior to the disastrous voyage), this novel recreates the fascinating story of the expedition's demise. A suspenseful and enjoyable read." - Kathleen Hughes, Booklist "North With Franklin is as close an account of the expedition's fate as we are likely to have, at least until Captain Fitzjamesas real journals are found under some Arctic cairn." - Crawford Kilian, author of The Fall of the Republic and Icequake "Meticulously researched, Wilson has, through necessity, created his own interpretation of the events that took place so long ago. Yet his version is very believable and certainly fits with what little is known about the ill-fated expedition. North With Franklin is both entertaining and thought-provoking for readers of historical fiction and/or Canadiana. Highly recommended." - Canadian Book Review Annual .,."poses as the real thing, a found journal that has been edited and published for the first time...Although I know the story of what appened to Franklin and his men, although I know how Fitzjames came to take command of the sad remnants of the crew, and although I know about the errors in judgement, the incomplete maps, the evidence of lead-poisoning, the cannibalism, the sledges weighed down with useless objects, and the Victory Point record with its two messages, I am helpless before this compellingstory. Knowing what happened never makes the story dull or predictable, unless it is the predictability of high tragedy brought on by human error and hubris. You may not be such an incurable romantic as I, but I am prepared to wager that you too will be captivated by Wilson's narrative and find yourself, as I was, reading eagerly to find out when James will record what we know is coming next." - Sherrill Grace, Canadian Literature 170/1

Reseña del editor:

Based on a series of letters written by Franklin expedition officer James Fitzjames -- journals which were only recently discovered in a Scottish attic after lying unsuspected for nearly 150 years -- this unique work of fiction masterfully chronicles one of the most enduring mysteries of the grand era of Arctic exploration and sheds new light on the expedition and the fate of its crew. Set against a backdrop of hardy adventurers and high Arctic imagery, this work of fiction is both an engaging story of the triumphs and tragedy of the last Franklin expedition of 1845, and are interpretation of the men and events that comprised one of the great episodes in nineteenth century exploration.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1550414062
• ISBN 13: 9781550414066
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308