When Sir John Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, it was his adventurouswife, Jane Franklin, who kept the search for him alive and, as a result, contributedmore to the discovery and mapping of the North than any explorer. A thirdmasterful biography from historian Ken McGoogan, Lady Franklin’s Revenge isthe richly documented story of a complex, ambitious Victorian—arguably thegreatest woman traveller of the 19th century— and the transformation of a failedexpedition into a triumphant legend. A Globe and Mail Book of the Year, andshortlisted for the Ontario Libraries Evergreen Award, Lady Franklin’s Revenge isan exquisitely illustrated epic adventure.

KEN McGOOGAN is the author of the national bestsellersFatal Passage and Ancient Mariner. One of Canada's leading historical biographers, he has won the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, the CAA History Award, the Grant MacEwan Author's Award and an American Christopher Award. KenMcGoogan lives in Toronto. Visit his website at www.kenmcgoogan.com.