The White South [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Hammond Innes (Author)

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The protagonist is caught up in a whaling enterprise near the Antarctic–there is shipwreck, villainy, near starvation, and epic journeys–Innes at his best. Stephen Thorne's voice and tone both fit the story perfectly. Honest and open, British, deliberate but exuding great interest in the story, he moves effortlessly along, even when articulating Norwegian and Scottish accents. When a character is wounded, the listener can hear the pain. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 530 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0854560637
• ISBN-13: 978-0854560639
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,098,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A suspenseful novel set in Antarctica, February 5, 2006

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This review is from: The White South (Audio Cassette)

Tired of his dull civilian life, ex-Naval officer Duncan Craig impulsively hitches a ride to South Africa in search for a job. When the South Antarctic Whaling Company unexpectedly offers him command of a ship, Craig seizes the chance.

He is to rendezvous with the factory ship, Southern Cross in the Antarctic. But what should be a routine voyage becomes a nightmare of intrigue and suspicion as Craig is pitchforked into a bitter struggle for control of the company's future. As the arctic winter closes in, Craig and the survivors of Southern Cross, now helplessly trapped in polar ice, face a battle for existence against not only the elements, but against human treachery and greed.

Excellent entertainment best to be read on a cold winter day. The reader, Mr Stephen Thorne, delivers a commendable performance and the range of the various accents in English he masters is quite extraordinary.