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Empire at the Edge of the World

Endurance and Madness in the High Arctic

AvGiles Milton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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'Extraordinary' The Times'A fabulous tale of ambition, madness and catastrophe' William DalrympleOne man's lust for empire sent a team of adventurers into the Arctic - only one came back.1913, the Arctic Circle. Charismatic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is obsessed with a frozen speck of land in the Siberian Arctic: Wrangel Island. Believing that whoever possesses it will control the future - air routes, resources, even the balance of power in the northern hemisphere, he takes an impossible gamble. Dispatching a small, ill-equipped venture to stake a frozen colony in Britain's name, it is a triumph of brilliance, ego and breathtaking hubris.What follows is a catastrophe of starvation, madness and geopolitical jeopardy. As winter seals the island in ice, relief ships fail to arrive and tensions among the colonists spiral toward despair. While diplomats spar and warships steam north, the settlers are left to endure scurvy, polar bears, and the terror of abandonment. At the centre of it all stands one unlikely survivor - a young Inuit seamstress who miraculously outlasts them all . . .Sweeping, chilling and stranger than fiction, Empire at the Edge of the World is a true story of greed and justice at the edge of the world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-24
Mått:160 x 236 x 40 mm
Vikt:636 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:John Murray Press
ISBN:9781399822725

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Giles Milton is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. One of Milton's previous works, Nathaniel's Nutmeg, is currently being developed into a major screen project. Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series, Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony and available on all platforms. He lives in London and Burgundy.