Victim of the Aurora - Keneally, Thomas
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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…mehr

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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.
Autorenporträt
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recentlyCrimes of the Father,Napoleons Last Island,Shame and the Captives,and theNew York TimesbestsellingThe Daughters of Mars. He is also the author ofSchindlers List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982,The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith,Gossip from the Forest, andConfederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoirHomebush Boy,The Commonwealth of Thieves, andSearching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.