Broken Lands A Novel of Arctic Disaster

Name: Broken Lands A Novel of Arctic Disaster
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ISBN: 9780312288891

ISBN-10: 0312288891

ISBN-13: 9780312288891

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Robert Edric

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The Broken Lands-a treacherous labyrinth of ice through which the fabled Northwest Passage was sought for centuries. Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson, Parry and Ross were all defeated, and the names on the maps testify to their despair: Bay of God's Mercy, the Devil's Cape, Savage Isles, and Repulse Bay. Determined to succeed where the rest had failed, Sir John Franklin-"the Lion of the Arctic"-set sail from Greenland in 1845. His two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, were last sighted in August of that year, after which the entire expedition-all 135 men-disappeared. For three years, the two ships were trapped in the Arctic ice. Eventually the slow vise of the ice pack and spoiling provisions…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (1985 James Tait Black Prize winner), A New Ice Age (1986 runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize), A Lunar Eclipse, The Earth Made of Glass, Elysium, In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen (shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award) and Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002). Cradle Song is the first book in the Song Cycle Trilogy, which is completed by Siren Song and Swan Song.



Mare Glaciale--August 1845


Winter's Citadel August 1845--July 1846


Beyond the Eye of God July 1846--April 1847


The Unknown Griefs of Future Years May--July 1847


The River of Dreams July 1847--January 1848


Terra Damnata January 1848