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Darnton, John.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Family -- Fiction.
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction.
Naturalists -- Fiction.
Biographers -- Fiction.
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Darnton, John.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Family -- Fiction.
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction.
Naturalists -- Fiction.
Biographers -- Fiction.
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The
Darwin
conspiracy / John Darnton.
by
Darnton, John.
Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION
DAR
Subjects
Darwin
,
Charles
,
1809-1882
--
Family
--
Fiction
.
Manuscripts
--
Collectors and collecting
--
Fiction
.
Fathers and daughters
--
Fiction
.
Evolution (Biology)
--
Fiction
.
Naturalists
--
Fiction
.
Biographers
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781400041374
1400041376
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
309 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In this riveting new novel, best-selling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of
fiction
to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of
Charles
Darwin
. What led
Darwin
to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write On the Origin of Species? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival? These are some of the questions driving Darnton's richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view:
Darwin
's own as he sails around the world aboard the Beagle; his daughter Lizzie's as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and
Darwin
scholar Beth Dulicmer, whose obsession with
Darwin
(and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research. What Hugh and Beth discover - Lizzie's diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of
Darwin
's autobiography - is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Psychological
fiction
.
Biographical
fiction
.
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