Download or read book The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel written by Andrea Barrett and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999-09-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885 Erasmus Darwin Wells embarks an expedition to the Arctic to search for the explorer, John Franklin. Erasmus' fears of failure seem to be realized when the voyage threatens to turn violent.