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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... night . Murray and Serjeant Baxter emerged blearily from the tent , just in time to inspect the damage . ' Serjeant Baxter , I thought I gave orders for night sentries to be posted . ' I posted them , sir . ' ' Then why were two Indians ...
... night . Murray and Serjeant Baxter emerged blearily from the tent , just in time to inspect the damage . ' Serjeant Baxter , I thought I gave orders for night sentries to be posted . ' I posted them , sir . ' ' Then why were two Indians ...
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... night , sir . The seaward cable parted through frost . It froze right through , sir . I had the remainder of the small bower cable shackled to the best bower , and rode with two - thirds of a cable on the sheet , and a cable and a half ...
... night , sir . The seaward cable parted through frost . It froze right through , sir . I had the remainder of the small bower cable shackled to the best bower , and rode with two - thirds of a cable on the sheet , and a cable and a half ...
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... night they lay out under the stars in the boundless stillness of the plain , the Milky Way wheeling gloriously above them , its myriad uncountable pinpricks blurring into a soft arch of light that Darwin wished he could reach out and ...
... night they lay out under the stars in the boundless stillness of the plain , the Milky Way wheeling gloriously above them , its myriad uncountable pinpricks blurring into a soft arch of light that Darwin wished he could reach out and ...
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