This Thing of Darkness - Brossura

Thompson, Harry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0755327144 ISBN 13: 9780755327140

Casa editrice: Headline Review, 2005

Riassunto

This is an epic novel of sea-faring adventure set in the 19th century charting the life of Robert Fitzroy, the captain of 'The Beagle' and his passenger Charles Darwin. It combines adventure, emotion, ideas, humour and tragedy as well as illuminating the history of the 19th century. Fitzroy, the Christian Tory aristocrat, believed in the sanctity of the individual, but his beliefs destroyed his career and he committed suicide. Darwin, the liberal minor cleric doubts the truth of the Bible and develops his theory of evolution which is brutal and unforgiving in human terms. The two friends became bitter enemies as Darwin destroyed everything Fitzroy stood for.

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Descrizione del libro:

An epic novel combining the sea-faring detail of Patrick O'Brian with the wit and adventure of Joseph O'Connor's STAR OF THE SEA

L'autore:

Harry Thompson was a highly successful television producer 'Have I Got News for You, They Think It's All Over, Never Mind the Buzzcocks' and the author of a number of non-fiction bestsellers 'Peter Cook, The Biography'. He wrote for most of the national newspapers, especially on travel, and was nominated for Travel Journalist of the Year. He died in November 2005.

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• Editore: Headline Review
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0755327144
• ISBN 13: 9780755327140
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 640