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This book is a curate's egg - good in parts.
On the positive side it is a powerfully written and well illustrated book and its wide readership has served to 'hook' many readers into the mystery and horror of the Franklin Expedition, challenging them to find out more.
However, its flaws are considerable. Perhaps it does not matter that it is riddled with errors of detail, but more seriously it depends far too much on secondary sources. The most serious flaw is that it takes one unproven hypothesis ...more
On the positive side it is a powerfully written and well illustrated book and its wide readership has served to 'hook' many readers into the mystery and horror of the Franklin Expedition, challenging them to find out more.
However, its flaws are considerable. Perhaps it does not matter that it is riddled with errors of detail, but more seriously it depends far too much on secondary sources. The most serious flaw is that it takes one unproven hypothesis ...more
