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Victim of the Aurora, A
by Keneally, Thomas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002224933
- ISBN 13
- 9780002224932
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 450gms, 222 pages, blank endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with mild shelf wear and scuffing. There is a small pen inscription from a previous owner on the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AUSFIC1697
- Title
- Victim of the Aurora, A
- Author
- Keneally, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002224933
- ISBN 13
- 9780002224932
- Publisher
- William Collins Sons & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Fiction, Australian Fiction, Thomas Keneally
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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