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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... morning in progress . There were mare's tails in the east , and the smoke from the early - morning chimneys was streaming westward into a crisp blue sky , signalling the way ahead . When they reached the quayside at Devonport , however ...
... morning in progress . There were mare's tails in the east , and the smoke from the early - morning chimneys was streaming westward into a crisp blue sky , signalling the way ahead . When they reached the quayside at Devonport , however ...
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... morning to find the Beagle turned red . The entire ship was covered from topmast to keel by miniature crimson spiders , millions upon millions of them , each furiously competing to trace out its gossamer web in the calm morning air ...
... morning to find the Beagle turned red . The entire ship was covered from topmast to keel by miniature crimson spiders , millions upon millions of them , each furiously competing to trace out its gossamer web in the calm morning air ...
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... morning in Good Success Bay found a quiet , solitary figure up at the cathead , half enveloped in mist . Bynoe , taking his morning constitutional around the deck - as surgeon he was spared the discom- fort of night watches - spotted ...
... morning in Good Success Bay found a quiet , solitary figure up at the cathead , half enveloped in mist . Bynoe , taking his morning constitutional around the deck - as surgeon he was spared the discom- fort of night watches - spotted ...
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