Buku The ORIGIN A Biographical Novel of CHARLES DARWIN by Irving Stone

Penulis: Irving Stone Ukuran⁄Halaman: 10x18 cm² Tebal : 815 halaman ( 5 cm ) Tahun: 1982 Penerbit : Corgi Books, London Format : Soft Cover berlapis plastik. Bahasa : English Kondisi : Original, Impor, Bekas, Hurup terbaca jelas sempurna, tanpa coretan dan lipatan. Minus : Sudut buku agak kecoklatan karena umur ( 40 tahun) 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. Now 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 beset by the prejudices of his era and by guessed-at dangers. ---- This is one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. Ever. Irving Stone wrote about the life of Charles Darwin, introducing the reader, to not just the scientist behind the evolutionary theory, but the genius of a man during a time of controversy and conflict