Under a Pole Star: Richard & Judy Club 2017: the most unforgettable love story of the year

Flora Mackie First Crossed The Arctic Circle At The Age Of Twelve, And Fell In Love With The Land And People Of The Far North. In 1889, The Whaler's Daughter From Dundee - Dubbed By The Press 'the Snow Queen' - Sets Out To Become A Scientist And Explorer. She Struggles To Be Taken Seriously But Determination And Chance Lead Her Back To Northern Greenland At The Head Of A British Expedition, Despite The Many Who Believe That A Young Woman Has No Place In This Harsh World Of Men. Geologist Jakob De Beyn Was Raised In Manhattan. Yearning For Wider Horizons, He Joins A Rival Expedition, Led By The Furiously Driven Lester Armitage. Jakob And Flora's Paths Cross. It Is A Fateful Meeting. All Three Become Obsessed With The North, A Place Where Violent Extremes Exist Side By Side: Perpetual Night And Endless Day; Frozen Seas And Coastal Meadows; Warring Egos And Consuming Passion; Nobility And Lies. Armitage's Ruthless Desire To Be The True Hero Of Polar Discovery Takes Him And His Men On A Mission Whose Tragic Outcome Will Reverberate For Years To Come. Set Against The Stark, Timeless Beauty Of Northern Greenland, And Fin-de-siècle New York And London, This Is A Compelling Look At The Dark Side Of The 'golden Age' Of Exploration, A Study Of The Corrosive Power Of Ambition, And An Epic, Incendiary Love Story. It Shows That Sometimes You Have To Travel To The Furthest Edge Of The World In Order To Find Your True Place In It.--back Cover. Stef Penney. "Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, and fell in love with the land and people of the far north. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press 'The Snow Queen' - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously but determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, despite the many who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition, led by the furiously driven Lester Armitage. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting. All three become obsessed with the north, a place where violent extremes exist side by side: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows; warring egos and consuming passion; nobility and lies. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the true hero of polar discovery takes him and his men on a mission whose tragic outcome will reverberate for years to come. Set against the stark, timeless beauty of northern Greenland, and fin-de-siecle New York and London, this is a compelling look at the dark side of the 'golden age' of exploration, a study of the corrosive power of ambition, and an epic, incendiary love story. It shows that sometimes you have to travel to the furthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it."--Back cover. RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD. 'A novel of huge scope with a tremendous sense of period and place' Costa judges 'A dazzling tale of romance and survival' Guardian Follow the path to the freezing north. Follow your ambition. Follow your heart 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. 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. 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. Flora Mackie was twelve when she first crossed the Arctic Circle on her father's whaling ship. Now she is returning to the frozen seas as the head of her own exploration expedition. Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan, but his yearning for new horizons leads him to the Arctic as part of a rival expedition. When he and Flora meet, all thoughts of science and exploration give way before a sudden, all-consuming love. The affair survives the growing tensions between the two groups, but then, after one more glorious summer on the Greenland coast, Jakob joins his leader on an extended trip into the interior, with devastating results. The stark beauty of the Arctic ocean, where pack ice can crush a ship like an eggshell, and the empty sweep of the tundra, alternately a snow-muffled wasteland and an unexpectedly gentle meadow, are vividly evoked. Against this backdrop Penney weaves an irresistible love story, a compelling look at the dark side of the golden age of exploration, and a mystery that Flora, returning one last time to the North Pole as an old woman, will finally lay to rest. A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, falling in love with the cold and unforgiving terrain and forging lifelong bonds with the Inuit people who have carved out an existence on its icy plains. She sets out to become a scientist and polar explorer, despite those who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world, and in 1892, her determination leads her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition. Yearning for wider horizons, American geologist Jakob de Beyn joins a rival expedition led by the furiously driven Lester Armitage. When the path of Flora's expedition crosses theirs, the three lives become intertwined. All are obsessed with the north, a place of violent extremes: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows; heroism and selfishness. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the undisputed leader of polar discovery sets in motion a chain of events whose tragic outcomes--both for his team of scientists and the indigenous people of Greenland--will reverberate for years to come. Flora Mackie krysset den nordlige polarsirkelen for første gang som tolvåring. I 1889 reiser hvalfangerdatteren fra Dundee ut for å bli en vitenskapskvinne og oppdager. Hun kjemper for å bli tatt på alvor i en mannsdominert verden, men viljestyrke og tilfeldigheter fører henne til Nord-Grønland og en britisk ekspedisjon. Geolog Jakob de Beyn har vokst opp på Manhattan, men en lengsel etter å utvide horisonten har ført han til en ekspedisjon som er ledet av den hensynsløse Lester Armitage. Når Jacob og Floras veier krysses, blir det et skjebnesvangert møte. "Under a Pole Star" tar for seg den mørke siden av ekspedisjonenes gullalder, med Grønlands tidløse skjønnhet og 1800-tallets London og New York som bakteppe. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS De 12-jarige Mackie vergezelt haar vader voor het eerst op walvisjacht, wordt later ontdekkingsreiziger en raakt in de ban van een Amerikaanse geoloog met wie ze een stormachtige romance beleeft. NL-ZmNBD An epic historical novel from the author of the Costa-winning The Tenderness of Wolves, for fans of Donna Tartt, Eowyn Ivey, Sarah Perry and Jessie Burton