On the Proper Use of Stars On the Proper Use of Stars

On the Proper Use of Stars

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Publisher Description

A sparkling, inventive debut novel inspired by Sir John Franklin's grand — but ultimately failed — quest to discover the Northwest Passage and by his extraordinary wife, Lady Jane.

Originally published in Quebec as Du bon usage des etoiles, Dominique Fortier's debut On the Proper Use of Stars is as fresh and imaginative as anything published in recent years. It weaves together the voices of Francis Crozier, Sir John Franklin's second in command, who turns a sceptical eye on the grandiose ambitions and hubris of his leader, and of Lady Jane Franklin and her niece Sophia, both driven to uncommon actions by love and by frustration as months then years pass with no word from the expedition. Fortier skilfully accents the main narratives with overheard conversations and snippets from letters and documents that bring two entirely different worlds — the frozen Arctic and busy Victorian London — alive.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
September 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
280
Pages
PUBLISHER
McClelland & Stewart
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.4
MB

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