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''The Terroir'' is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards. | ''The Terroir'' is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards. | ||
In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold- | In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 15:31, 28 June 2020
The Terroir is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author Mason S. Minds.
Plot summary
The Terroir is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards.
In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites.
In the News
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Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- The Terror (novel) @ Wikipedia
- Dan Simmons @ Wikipedia
- John Franklin @ Wikipedia
- Franklin's lost expedition @ Wikipedia
- Phylloxera @ Wikipedia