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 long-time love affair and marriage to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood Darwin, is one of the most delightful and fulfilling romances that history affords.
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 reveaj 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/or L//e, The Agony and the Ecstasy, and... 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 long-time love affair and marriage to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood Darwin, is one of the most delightful and fulfilling romances that history affords.
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 reveaj 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/or L//e, 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.
THE ORIGIN
"SUSPENSE, ADVENTURE, ROMANCE, CONFLICT .AN ENJOYABLE NOVEL OF CHARACTER AND IDEAS." —Cleveland Plain Dealer "A FASCINATING LIFE FILLED WITH DANGERAND DISCOVERY .A WELCOME BOOK." —Library Journal
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