The Origin

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DARWIN, THE DISCOVERER
He did not mean to rock the world. He meant only to know the truth. But before he was done, Charles Darwin would shake the faith of centuries .would be reviled as a fiend, denounced as a madman—and finally hailed as a genius.
His life was a storm-swept voyage of discovery—from the moment
when as a raw youth he set sail on a five-year journey around the entire globe to his final years and epochal explorations
into the ultimate mystery of human origins. Mow Charles Darwin is brought to life in a superlative novel that captures not only the man himself but the Victorian age that produced him. These pages reveal the drama and passion of a
human being struggling with doubts and fears, beset by the prejudices of his era and by unguessed-at dangers.
The author of Lust for Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy, and Passions of the Mind has created a biographical novel of epic proportions, dealing with the life, times, and destiny of the man who did so much to... Tovább

Fülszöveg

DARWIN, THE DISCOVERER
He did not mean to rock the world. He meant only to know the truth. But before he was done, Charles Darwin would shake the faith of centuries .would be reviled as a fiend, denounced as a madman—and finally hailed as a genius.
His life was a storm-swept voyage of discovery—from the moment
when as a raw youth he set sail on a five-year journey around the entire globe to his final years and epochal explorations
into the ultimate mystery of human origins. Mow Charles Darwin is brought to life in a superlative novel that captures not only the man himself but the Victorian age that produced him. These pages reveal the drama and passion of a
human being struggling with doubts and fears, beset by the prejudices of his era and by unguessed-at dangers.
The author of Lust for Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy, and Passions of the Mind has created a biographical novel of epic proportions, dealing with the life, times, and destiny of the man who did so much to dispel the darkness of the unknown and change forever humankind's view of itself.
ORIGIN
"SUSPENSE, ADVENTURE, ROMANCE, CONFLICT .AN ENJOYABLE NOVEL OF CHARACTER AND IDEAS." —Cleveland Plain Dealer "A FASCINATING LIFE .FILLED WITH DANGER AND DISCOVERY A WELCOME BOOK." — Library Journal
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