The Ambitions of Jane Franklin : Victorian Lady Adventurer

from mbmackay

Beautifully written history of an interesting personality. Jane Franklin came from a well-to-do family, and married late to a 'rising man' who also came from other than the elite. She spent much of her life burnishing her husband's status. Sometimes by putting her shoulder to the wheel - as when ...

from mbmackay

Beautifully written history of an interesting personality. Jane Franklin came from a well-to-do family, and married late to a 'rising man' who also came from other than the elite. She spent much of her life burnishing her husband's status. Sometimes by putting her shoulder to the wheel - as when ...

from rapotter

For all her enormous stature -- her inspiring of three dozen search expeditions for her missing husband, her persuasive powers over Presidents and Prime Ministers, and her eponymous ballad, Lady Jane Franklin has remained a difficult subject for biographers and historians. It's not that she left ...

from rapotter

For all her enormous stature -- her inspiring of three dozen search expeditions for her missing husband, her persuasive powers over Presidents and Prime Ministers, and her eponymous ballad, Lady Jane Franklin has remained a difficult subject for biographers and historians. It's not that she left ...