Creation
the true story of charles darwin
$36.10
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2010
Summary
Annie’s Box: Unveiling Darwin’s Heart
In a chest of drawers, a family heirloom concealed a poignant secret. Randal Keynes unearthed Annie Darwin’s writing case, untouched for generations. Within lay unpublished letters and diaries penned by her father, Charles Darwin, during her heart-wrenching illness. These intimate writings offer an unprecedented glimpse into the soul of a scientific giant, revealing a tender father grappling with loss and challenging our understanding of one of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848542020 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 184854202X |
| Author: | Randal Keynes |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 24mm |
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It is a rare biography that reveals the key emotional moment in its subject s personal and intellectual life so clearly as Randal Keynes does for Charles Darwin … moving and illuminating - Financial Times
Engrossing … a biography with a difference - Sunday Telegraph Remarkable - ScotsmanIt is a rare biography that reveals the key emotional moment in its subject’s personal and intellectual life so clearly as Randal Keynes does for Charles Darwin … moving and illuminating - Financial TimesEngrossing … a biography with a difference - Sunday TelegraphRemarkable - ScotsmanAbout The Author
Randal Keynes
Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin and a great-nephew of economist John Maynard Keynes. He lives and works in London. This is his first book.
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