The Evolutionist: The Strange Tale of Alfred Russel Wallace - a novel
Avi Sirlin
It is the year 1852, and the origin of species remains a mystery. In a primitive hut in the remote Amazonian jungle, Alfred Wallace, a brilliant young collector of scientific specimens, lies wasted by tropical illness. He does not expect to survive. Healed by a village shaman, Wallace continues his pioneering fieldwork in the Malay archipelago, crystalising his ideas about evolutionary theory, which Charles Darwin had also secretly formulated but was reluctant to publish. In this new novel based on the scientist's extraordinary life, what unfolds is a dramatic tale of money, class, faith and discrimination.
Jahr:
2014
Verlag:
Aurora Metro Books
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
302
Datei:
EPUB, 357 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2014