- Hardcover: 456 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada; First Canadian Edition edition (2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002006715
- ISBN-13: 978-0002006712
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.5 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Due to meticulous research Ken McGoogan reveals how things got done in the higher echelons of Victorian society if, like Jane Franklin, you had determination and persistence - and loads of dosh. However, the book is largely a catalogue of numerous facts (e.g. travel itineraries, people contacted to organise rescue expeditions) interspersed with extracts from the letters / diaries of JF and others. To maintain interest in this for 400+ pages would be difficult and KMcG doesn't really pull it off, though he is a good writer. It needed a lighter touch maybe, or to be more strongly opinionated.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read and thoroughly enjoyed Ken McGoogan's book Fatal Passage and looked forward to this book as a result. I was very disappointed. The book is a fine biography of Lady Franklin and I am sure was very well researched, but for me it plodded very slowly through her life and contained not nearly enough of the pace of Fatal Passage.
I am interested in Arctic and Antarctic exploration - this book probably only covers that for about 20% of the time. There is far more about the Franklins in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) than there is about the loss of Franklin.
Glad this was a library book and not paid for. Sorry Ken!
I am interested in Arctic and Antarctic exploration - this book probably only covers that for about 20% of the time. There is far more about the Franklins in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) than there is about the loss of Franklin.
Glad this was a library book and not paid for. Sorry Ken!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Maybe John Franklin needed revenge
17 Oct 2009
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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 readers to determine who they think was the driving force behind this unfortunate expedition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent historical research . . .
17 July 2011
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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 Century Tasmania and was not disappointed. Excerpts from letters and newspapers give a clear sense of public and private reflections on this colonial period, well complimented by maps, notes, appendices, and illustrations.
0 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed
21 Jan 2011
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I ordered this book through one of Amazon Marketplace sellers as it was no longer offered by Amazon itself. While the book is in the shape I ordered it (used-very good), I have not read it yet as I only just received it after ordering in it on 11/26/10. I received the book mid January, 2011.
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