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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... skin from a hairy vine . Gnats stung him . But he would not have wished himself anywhere else on earth . He found the bird under his nose already teeming with ants , as if it were made of sugar . Shuffling backwards he emerged holding ...
... skin from a hairy vine . Gnats stung him . But he would not have wished himself anywhere else on earth . He found the bird under his nose already teeming with ants , as if it were made of sugar . Shuffling backwards he emerged holding ...
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... skin of the ears and tore it over . The eyes soon appeared , as if from the inside of a glove ; one broke and the other had a covering of filmy skin that Covington shivered to see , because it still seemed to be looking . King went on ...
... skin of the ears and tore it over . The eyes soon appeared , as if from the inside of a glove ; one broke and the other had a covering of filmy skin that Covington shivered to see , because it still seemed to be looking . King went on ...
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... skins and owl - skins . He praises the ship's captain who delivers them to his very front door without charge , never wondering if I have covered the freight generously , which I have indeed . I send him the foetus marsupials just the ...
... skins and owl - skins . He praises the ship's captain who delivers them to his very front door without charge , never wondering if I have covered the freight generously , which I have indeed . I send him the foetus marsupials just the ...
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