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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... played as if to be a child again , though he was the oldest man aboard . Covington had just begun to notice him — an easy , sickly , good - natured fellow with the knack of getting along with sailors and being as rude as they were if he ...
... played as if to be a child again , though he was the oldest man aboard . Covington had just begun to notice him — an easy , sickly , good - natured fellow with the knack of getting along with sailors and being as rude as they were if he ...
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... played along , crying ' Allons ! ' and praising Musters's swordplay as he slumped against the mainmast : ' Un petit morceau de tout droit , monsieur , au revoir . ' Covington turned his back on them , tears pricking his eyes . He had ...
... played along , crying ' Allons ! ' and praising Musters's swordplay as he slumped against the mainmast : ' Un petit morceau de tout droit , monsieur , au revoir . ' Covington turned his back on them , tears pricking his eyes . He had ...
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... played a small four - stringed guitar like a ukulele , and one rattled a hand drum , and one tapped with a stick ... played the cava - quin - ho , which name they gave to their wailing ukulele . Some time in the night Covington pulled ...
... played a small four - stringed guitar like a ukulele , and one rattled a hand drum , and one tapped with a stick ... played the cava - quin - ho , which name they gave to their wailing ukulele . Some time in the night Covington pulled ...
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