Under a Pole Star

@2@@20@RICHARD @95@ JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD.@21@@3@@2@@20@'@21@@20@A dazzling tale of romance and survival' (@18@Guardian)@19@@21@@3@@2@@20@@18@Follow the path to the freezing north. @19@@21@@20@@18@Follow your ambition. @19@@21@@20@@18@Follow your heart@19@@21@@16@@20@@18@@19@@21@@16@Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. Years later, in 1892, determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland as a scientist at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh world.@3@@2@Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is born.@3@@2@The violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to come.@3@

Product details

• Authors: Stef Penney, Penney Stef
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.09.2017
• EAN: 9781786481191
• ISBN: 978-1-78648-119-1
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 197 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Victorian, Historical crime and mysteries