Mr Darwin's ShooterKnopf, 1998 - Всего страниц: 365 In this richly detailed novel based on the life of Syms Covington, Charles Darwin's hard-working shipboard assistant and later his house-servant, Roger McDonald shines a light on a man forgotten by history, capturing the breathtaking excitement of the historic voyage of the Beagle and brilliantly illuminating the scientific, religious, and social controversies that exploded around Darwin's watershed theories. As "Darwin's shooter, " Covington collected and preserved invaluable specimens; as the scientist's clerk in London, was he the first man to grasp the full import of their research -- the seeds of Darwin's theory of natural selection? Twenty years later, Covington awaits his copy of The Origin of Species with mixed emotions. Embittered by Darwin's failure to acknowledge him, he is also profoundly troubled by his own role in the discoveries that subverted sacred doctrines and shook the Victorian worldview to its very foundation. |
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... Capt would relent his passions and give him leave to range about with his pocket- violin , as when he played in parks and along seawalls in Monte Video del Mar under Capt King . Covington appealed to Capt FitzRoy with a damp eye . Capt ...
... Capt would relent his passions and give him leave to range about with his pocket- violin , as when he played in parks and along seawalls in Monte Video del Mar under Capt King . Covington appealed to Capt FitzRoy with a damp eye . Capt ...
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... Capt read the laws true . And when a hideous Capt emerged from below , and leered , it seemed he would be : ' I am putting ye to the hoop , ' lipped a horned figure with burning eyeballs and the tongue of a lizard . The whole catalogue ...
... Capt read the laws true . And when a hideous Capt emerged from below , and leered , it seemed he would be : ' I am putting ye to the hoop , ' lipped a horned figure with burning eyeballs and the tongue of a lizard . The whole catalogue ...
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... Capt King . It was not like excitement , for there was no special time when it surged and faded , it was just a present thing , such as pride or joy . It came from the wedding of Capt and Gent , in their many disputes , hard - won ...
... Capt King . It was not like excitement , for there was no special time when it surged and faded , it was just a present thing , such as pride or joy . It came from the wedding of Capt and Gent , in their many disputes , hard - won ...
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