London, William Collins Sons First edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is a astonishingly vivid and convincing evocation of a polar expedition before the First World War. It is a compelling study of human nature under stress, of a small group of brave men facing not only the terror of nature but the still more insidious threat from their own minds. 218 x 138mm., pp. 222. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, foxing or staining, in dust jacket, small crease bottom front edge - no tear or chips. ISBN: 0002224933

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The thrilling story of an ill-fated expedition to the South Pole by 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 sobering conditions 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.

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Bookseller: EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 768e2f2bb64822bd2515cc06
Title: A VICTIM OF THE AURORA
Author: KENEALLY, Thomas
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First edition - hard cover in dust jacket
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0002224933
ISBN 13: 9780002224932
Publisher: London, William Collins Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1977

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