To the Edge of the WorldMacAdam/Cage Pub., 2005 - Всего страниц: 789 This is an epic novel of sea-faring adventure set in the 19th century charting the life of Robert Fitzroy, the captain of 'The Beagle' and his passenger Charles Darwin. It combines adventure, emotion, ideas, humor and tragedy as well as illuminating the history of the 19th century. Fitzroy, the Christian Tory aristocrat, believed in the sanctity of the individual, but his beliefs were a challenge to his career. Darwin, the liberal naturalist doubts the truth of the Bible and develops his theory of evolution which is brutal and unforgiving in human terms. The two friends became bitter enemies as Darwin destroyed everything Fitzroy stood for. |
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... finally learned the truth . The breeze shooed them through the Murray Narrows - familiar terri- tory now - and then died away , leaving them in a calm , hushed world beyond . A demure veil of mist rose up from the water , through which ...
... finally learned the truth . The breeze shooed them through the Murray Narrows - familiar terri- tory now - and then died away , leaving them in a calm , hushed world beyond . A demure veil of mist rose up from the water , through which ...
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... finally induced the recalcitrant potatoes to succumb to their fate . Halfway through the meal , a large black wingless bug fell from the thatched roof with a plop on to the table , where it sat , paralysed with confusion . ' What is ...
... finally induced the recalcitrant potatoes to succumb to their fate . Halfway through the meal , a large black wingless bug fell from the thatched roof with a plop on to the table , where it sat , paralysed with confusion . ' What is ...
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... finally stilled . Dimly , through the onrushing barrage of stimuli that whirled and danced past his senses , FitzRoy realized that young Lieutenant Randall and his men must be dead , that the Lord had carried them forward to a better ...
... finally stilled . Dimly , through the onrushing barrage of stimuli that whirled and danced past his senses , FitzRoy realized that young Lieutenant Randall and his men must be dead , that the Lord had carried them forward to a better ...
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