Mr Darwin's ShooterAlfred A. Knopf, 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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... King told of the duck - billed platypus that was fur - covered , had poisonous talons , and laid eggs in the banks of streams . It was part of the Adventure's commission to collect samples of natural history , and King disappeared ...
... King told of the duck - billed platypus that was fur - covered , had poisonous talons , and laid eggs in the banks of streams . It was part of the Adventure's commission to collect samples of natural history , and King disappeared ...
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... King his prey . As the bird gave a few determined flaps King at close range raised his blun- derbuss and let fly with fearsome accuracy . Powder stung Covington's nostrils and the report made a ringing in his ears . Of the bird there ...
... King his prey . As the bird gave a few determined flaps King at close range raised his blun- derbuss and let fly with fearsome accuracy . Powder stung Covington's nostrils and the report made a ringing in his ears . Of the bird there ...
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... ( King went fast . ) A memory returned to Covington's brain . In the first weeks when he never knew this gent except as a piece of yellow bile on a letter - case , King was given his leave to go roaming with a gun . Covington gave thought ...
... ( King went fast . ) A memory returned to Covington's brain . In the first weeks when he never knew this gent except as a piece of yellow bile on a letter - case , King was given his leave to go roaming with a gun . Covington gave thought ...
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