James Fitzjames: the mystery man of the Franklin Expedition

摘要

As he was one of the commanding officers of the Erebus and Terror expedition to find the Northwest Passage, a well-researched biography of James Fitzjames is long overdue. William Battersby narrates in a lively style the series of adventures that occupied Fitzjames's 20 years of naval service before his fatal voyage. The key selling point of the book is that the author claims to have made sensational discoveries about Fitzjames's parentage and uncovered underhand reasons why Sir John Barrow wanted Fitzjames to lead the Arctic expedition.