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Edward the Confessor, one of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, is in part a figure of myths created in the later medieval period. David Woodman traces the course of his 24-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita Ædwardi Regis to the Bayeux Tapestry, to uncover the fraught and complex politics of his life. Edward was a shrewd politician who, having endured a long period of exile...

Among the many who have tried to discover the truth behind the Franklin disaster, the author was among the first to recognise the profound importance of the Inuit testimony and to analyse it in depth. This book offers a reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition and challenges standard interpretations.

Offers a reconstruction of mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition. This book recognises the importance of the Inuit testimony and analyses it in depth. It also disputes the conclusion that lead poisoning was a major contributing cause of the disaster.

David Woodman re-evaluates the importance of Inuit oral traditions in his search to reconstruct the events surrounding Sir John Franklin's tragic 1845 expedition. He shows that often-misunderstood tales of white men travelling through Inuit lands may in fact refer to survivors of the Franklin expedition.

David C. Woodman is a senior master for BC Ferries and lives in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.