Lady Jane Franklin

As affecting the fate of my absent husband (eBook, ePUB)

Selected Letters of Lady Franklin Concerning the Search for the Lost Franklin Expedition, 1848-1860

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From her optimistic requests to whaling ships to her persistent demands for Admiralty aid, Lady Franklin played a crucial role in the search for her husband. Her correspondence with British prime ministers, members of Parliament, lords of the Admiralty, and a US president presents a private, domestic side to a national tragedy and sheds new light on what Sir John Franklin's disappearance meant to England, its public, and its sense of itself as an imperial power. With comprehensive annotations, a descriptive timeline, and an introduction that outlines the significance of Lady Franklin's contribution to the "e;Arctic debate,"e; As affecting the fate of my absent husband is a convincing portrait of the surprisingly disruptive effects - on both the public consciousness and the government bureaucracy - of a single, eloquent, voice of dissent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MQUP
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780773577343
• Artikelnr.: 41460237