Heroes and Lovers

by Lucy Kavaler

Book Overview

A powerful novel of passion, duplicity and mystery moves from the golden age of polar exploration (1915) to the present. The vibrant heroine leads an all-women's expedition racing her lover, a famed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451186702
• ISBN13: 9780451186706
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

BRILLIANT

a beautifully written book, exciting and breathtaking-- the greatest novel i have ever read. A real modern classic.

Heroes and Lovers Fascinates and Mystifies

I simply couldn't put this book down, but stayed up half the night to find out the ending.It has two interrelated plots, one taking place in modern times, the other in the early 20th century.The modern heroine tries to solve the mystery of what really happened on the Antarctic icecap during the golden age of polar exploration. It's as exciting as the Shackleton story. Did Viola Lambert, the feminist heroine, win the race to the South Pole against her lover, Byron Tremaine, the most famous polar explorer of the day? Why was that race and her very existence hidden for all these years? As a lawyer, I do a lot of research, and I admire and respect the author's accuracy and ability to bring another era to vivid life.,