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North

North

by RogerHubank (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $3.24
Synopsis

In the fading years of the nineteenth century, five men meet in one of Washington's most elegant townhouses. They are all powerful men - with one exception. For Washington's finest have gathered to plan an expedition to the North Pole, and Lieutenant William Parish has been chosen as its leader. As Lt Parish sets off into the unknown, he leaves behind him a young wife, Martha. Isolated and at first oblivious to the political machinations of those backing the expedition, Martha soon discovers the treachery of those in whom she has placed her trust. Meanwhile, as Parish struggles to hold his party together, each man is confronted with the darker side of his instinct to survive. Based on a true story, this is powerful novel about what has been called 'one of the most shameful episodes in American Arctic history'.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 May 2004
ISBN 10: 0753817691
ISBN 13: 9780753817698
Book Overview: Roger Hubank's previous book Hazard way won the Grand Prix at the Banff festival and the Boardman Tasker Award Winner of the Special Jury Award for an Outstanding Book at Banff Superb historical fiction that will also appeal to the many fans of our polar non-fictions such as Endurance and Karluk 'Hubank's imaginative achievement lies in a vivid counterpointing of Arctic contingency with the efforts of Parish's wife in promoting rescue attempts among the political warrens of Washington DC...Hubank's may be the first great historical novel of the century' Observer

Media Reviews
'Hubank is skilled at describing political chicanery in Washington, the harshness of Grinnell Land and making one's gorge rise with details of frostbite' -- Chris Powers The Times
Author Bio
Roger Hubank's last novel, Hazard's Way, won the Boardman Tasker award and the Banff festival Grand Prix. Jim Perrin called it 'quite simply a masterpiece - the finest piece of fictional writing around the subject of mountaineering ever to have been published in this country'.