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William Battersby
Jun 26, 2011 rated it did not like it
I am in a quandary with this one. Simmons can certainly write a story and this one is a truly Gothic horror tale. As well as that, being a best-seller based around the lost Franklin Expedition it serves to 'entice' new generations of readers into looking afresh at the Franklin Expedition.

And yet, and yet...

Is it fiction or not? Knowing as I do some of the relatives and descendants of men who were lost on the Franklin Expedition, I find it distasteful that Simmons hijacks the names of these real
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Connie Curtis
Oct 03, 2011 marked it as to-read