The Darwin ConspiracyAlfred A. Knopf, 2005 - Всего страниц: 309 In this riveting new novel, best-selling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin. What led Darwin to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write "On the Origin of Species"? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival? These are some of the questions driving Darnton's richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view: Darwin's own as he sails around the world aboard the "Beagle;" his daughter Lizzie's as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and Darwin scholar Beth Dulicmer, whose obsession with Darwin (and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research. What Hugh and Beth discover-Lizzie's diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of Darwin's autobiography-is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution. With "The Darwin Conspiracy, " John Darnton again delivers a stunning tapestry of history and imagination, a galvanizing novel. |
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... Papa's indisposition , for I marked the occasions when it seizes him most dramatically . It occurs not just when the subject of his theory arises but when an event happens that refers to the genesis of the theory . For example , Papa ...
... Papa's indisposition , for I marked the occasions when it seizes him most dramatically . It occurs not just when the subject of his theory arises but when an event happens that refers to the genesis of the theory . For example , Papa ...
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... Papa's papers in his study — with his per- mission this time , since he is considering writing an autobiography and had asked for help in its preparation . Papa was seated in his leather chair on the other side of the room . Imagine my ...
... Papa's papers in his study — with his per- mission this time , since he is considering writing an autobiography and had asked for help in its preparation . Papa was seated in his leather chair on the other side of the room . Imagine my ...
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... Papa's books and saw that it amounted to £ 5,000 , with a yearly stipend of £ 400 . The sum would allow the couple to live in comfort , I over- heard Papa say , as Litchfield had accepted a post in the Ecclesiastical Com- mission . Papa ...
... Papa's books and saw that it amounted to £ 5,000 , with a yearly stipend of £ 400 . The sum would allow the couple to live in comfort , I over- heard Papa say , as Litchfield had accepted a post in the Ecclesiastical Com- mission . Papa ...
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