The Voyage of the Narwhal
A Novel
16 September 1999
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
"A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls." —Denver Post
Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration—the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic—Andrea Barrett's compelling novel tells the story of a fateful expedition. Through the eyes of the ship's scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells, we encounter the Narwhal's crew, its commander, and the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we meet the women left behind in Philadelphia, explorers only in imagination. Together, those who travel and those who stay weave a web of myth and mystery, finally discovering what they had not sought, the secrets of their own hearts.
Reviews
"Breathes with a contemporary urgency, an exhilarating adventure novel…A genuine page turner that long lingers in the mind." — Philip Graham, Chicago Tribune
"Breathtaking…exquisitely written in every way…fully worthy of the massive, dangerous subject it undertakes." — Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[B]oth cunningly cerebral and hair-raisingly visceral…This is an astonishingly good book by a writer we must declare as major." — Newsday
"A wonderful book in the truest sense of the word—wonder-filled." — USA Today
"This novel takes off over the sea, straight out of history and into tragedy…We get to luxuriate in the promise of retribution and in finely calibrated, persuasive prose." — The New Yorker
"Stunning…Barrett shows the arrogance and delusion that drove the age of exploration better than any nonfiction book could." — Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Times
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