Snow Widows: Scott?s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women They Left Behind
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Snow Widows (1913)
~EN HC NWISBN: 9780008394653 bzw. 0008394652, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, gebundenes Buch, neu.
In the middle of a moonless night in 1913, the Terra Nova steams silently into Oamaru harbour in New Zealand. The men aboard have a desperate mission - they must reach the relatives of Scott's South Pole expedition before the morning papers break the news that the whole party have perished.
Robert Falcon Scott and the men of his polar expedition were heroes of their age, enduring tremendous hardships to further the reputation of the empire they served. But they were also husbands, fathers, sons and brothers.
Now for the first time, and with unprecedented access to family archives, Katherine MacInnes retells the story of the race for the South Pole from the perspective of the women whose lives would be forever changed by it, five women who offer a window into a lost age.
Kathleen Scott, the fierce young wife of the expedition leader campaigned relentlessly for Scott's reputation, but did her ambition for glory drive her husband to take unnecessary risks? Oriana Wilson, a true help-mate and partner to the expedition's doctor, was a scientific mind in her own right and understood more than most what the men faced in Antarctica. 'Empire' Emily Bowers had already survived more than many, having fled the burning of Perak in the third Anglo-Burmese war. She and her son Birdie were 'more than just mother and son', they were firm friends. The indomitable Caroline Oates was the very picture of decorum and everything an Edwardian woman aspired to be, but she came to openly snubs the king's invitations to celebrate the expedition and the man who 'killed [her] son'. Lois Evans led a harder life than the other women, constantly on the edge of poverty and forced endure the media's classist assertions that her husband, the sole 'Jack Tar' in a band of officers, must have been responsible for the party's downfall. Lois didn't leave the copious letters and diaries her upperclass counterparts did, so her part of the story has been reconstructed through archival research, and is shared here for the first time.
In a remarkable feat of historical reconstruction and with a gripping narrative voice, Katherine MacInnes vividly depicts the lives, loves and losses of five women forced into the public eye by tragedy and shaped by the unrelenting culture of empire.
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Snow Widows (1913)
~EN NWISBN: 9780008394660 bzw. 0008394660, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, neu.
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In the middle of a moonless night in 1913, the Terra Nova steams silently into Oamaru harbour in New Zealand. The men aboard have a desperate mission - they must reach the relatives of Scott's South Pole expedition before the morning papers break the news that the whole party have perished.
In the middle of a moonless night in 1913, the Terra Nova steams silently into Oamaru harbour in New Zealand. The men aboard have a desperate mission - they must reach the relatives of Scott's South Pole expedition before the morning papers break the news that the whole party have perished.
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Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind (eBook, ePUB)
~EN NWISBN: 9780008394677 bzw. 0008394679, vermutlich in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, neu.
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The men of Captain Scott's Polar Party were heroes of their age, enduring tremendous hardships to further the reputation of the Empire they served by reaching the South Pole. But they were also husbands, fathers, sons and brothers.
The men of Captain Scott's Polar Party were heroes of their age, enduring tremendous hardships to further the reputation of the Empire they served by reaching the South Pole. But they were also husbands, fathers, sons and brothers.
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Snow Widows: Scott?s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women They Left Behind (2022)
~EN PB NWISBN: 9780008394660 bzw. 0008394660, vermutlich in Englisch, William Collins, Taschenbuch, neu.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Kennys Bookstore [54825494], Olney, MD, U.S.A.
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2022. Paperback. *****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED IN OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN MARCH 2022****. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Books.
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Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women They Left Behind (2022)
~EN PB NWISBN: 9780008394660 bzw. 0008394660, vermutlich in Englisch, William Collins, Taschenbuch, neu.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. [756279], Galway, GY, Ireland.
2022. Paperback. *****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED IN OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN MARCH 2022****. . . . . Books.
2022. Paperback. *****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED IN OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN MARCH 2022****. . . . . Books.
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