This Thing of Darkness - Couverture rigide

Thompson, Harry

 
9780755302802: This Thing of Darkness
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 075530280X ISBN 13 : 9780755302802
Editeur : Headline Review, 2005

Synopsis

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 adventrure, 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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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Headline Review
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
075530280X
ISBN 13 
9780755302802
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
640
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0755302818 ISBN 13 :  9780755302819
Editeur : Tinder Press, 2006
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