John Darnton

The Darwin Conspiracy John Darnton

Publisher Marketing: In this riveting new novel, bestselling 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 Dulcimer, 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." Review Citations: New York Times 10/02/2005 pg. 29 (EAN 9780786278749, Hardcover) New Yorker (The) 12/05/2005 pg. 101 (EAN 9780786278749, Hardcover) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593358303, MP3 CD) Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2005 pg. 116 (EAN 9781593358303, MP3 CD) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593356965, MP3 CD) Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2005 pg. 62 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2005 pg. 700 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/18/2005 pg. 180 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 08/01/2005 pg. 1951 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 128 (EAN 9781400041374, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593550011, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593550042, Compact Disc) Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2005 pg. 700 (EAN 9781593550042, Compact Disc) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593550028, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2005 pg. 116 (EAN 9781593550028, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 71 (EAN 9781593550059, Compact Disc) Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2005 pg. 116 (EAN 9781593550059, Compact Disc) Library Journal 06/15/2006 pg. 115 (EAN 9781593550059, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Darnton, John John Darnton has worked for forty years as a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for The New York Times. He was awarded two George Polk Awards for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and the Pulitzer Prize for his stories that were smuggled out of Poland during the period of martial law. He is a best-selling author whose previous novels include Neanderthal and The Darwin Conspiracy. He lives in New York. Contributor Bio:  Various Various authors, including Sheila Walsh, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Patsy Clairmont, and Sandy Patti.