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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... feathers . Phipps's pilgrims grew past his influence but were still attached to him - more than he realised but less than he desired . Each officer , each rating , each boy - they looked on each other in the way they looked at the bird ...
... feathers . Phipps's pilgrims grew past his influence but were still attached to him - more than he realised but less than he desired . Each officer , each rating , each boy - they looked on each other in the way they looked at the bird ...
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... feathers and pro- nounced the bird as belonging to the family of toucans , notable for their great beaks disproportionate to the rest of their bodies . He addressed this information to King , in the manner of King himself - making all ...
... feathers and pro- nounced the bird as belonging to the family of toucans , notable for their great beaks disproportionate to the rest of their bodies . He addressed this information to King , in the manner of King himself - making all ...
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... feathers . They inhabited every station of existence , some of them scuttling through leaves like rats , others ringing the world on narrow wings and never alighting on earth . Birds outrode storms at sea that sent strong men to their ...
... feathers . They inhabited every station of existence , some of them scuttling through leaves like rats , others ringing the world on narrow wings and never alighting on earth . Birds outrode storms at sea that sent strong men to their ...
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