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In the Antarctic winter in 1910, a group of gentlemen adventurers, led by Captain Sir Eugene Stewart, wait for an opportunity to strike out for the South Pole. One of them is found dead, and now Stewart must find out which of his 25 carefully-chosen men has become a murderer.
'Chilling and tragic' Ruth Rendell. In the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentlemen wait out a raging blizzard in the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter, poised for a strike at the South Pole.
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Jan 1, 2001 · 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.
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A victim of the Aurora by Keneally, Thomas, 1935-Publication date 1978 Publisher London Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet ...
Aug 23, 2016 · A claustrophobic novel about a turn of the century Antarctic expedition which turns into a murder investigation when one of it's members is found dead on the ice. The bulk of the novel involves discovering the victim's past and how it interconnected with the lives of the other team members.
- Thomas Keneally
Dec 14, 2001 · For the young expeditionary artist, Anthony Piers, the century began to go wrong when Henneker was unaccountably strangled on the day after mid-winter. To Piers the story of the murder is, in miniature, the pattern of our perilous century.
