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Sean Hoade
Darwin's Dreams
Darwin's Dreams
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Different origins.
In 1831, an aimless 22-year-old named Charles Darwin set sail on the Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy, at 26 one of the youngest captains in the Royal Navy and a direct descendant of Charles II. Charles is a pious young man looking for adventure before he enters the clergy. Robert is a man of the world haunted by the suicides of his uncle and of the last man to captain the Beagle. Two gentlemen with almost nothing in common, each would be the other’s only friend for the next five years.
Different destinies.
Religion and reputation. Fame and infamy. Love and loss. Over the next forty years, the naturalist and his Captain would trade places again and again as the promise of life and the spectre of God wrestled for the two men’s souls… and their sanity.
Different dreams.
In Darwin’s Dreams, Sean Hoade presents both the historically accurate tale of two men bound by fate, fame, and family; and a harrowing descent into the dreams of Charles Darwin as the seeds of The Origin of Species took root in the deepest niches of his fertile mind. A literary achievement both poetic and passionate, Darwin’s Dreams will resonate with anyone interested in the clash between science and religion—or the men who lived it.
In 1831, an aimless 22-year-old named Charles Darwin set sail on the Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy, at 26 one of the youngest captains in the Royal Navy and a direct descendant of Charles II. Charles is a pious young man looking for adventure before he enters the clergy. Robert is a man of the world haunted by the suicides of his uncle and of the last man to captain the Beagle. Two gentlemen with almost nothing in common, each would be the other’s only friend for the next five years.
Different destinies.
Religion and reputation. Fame and infamy. Love and loss. Over the next forty years, the naturalist and his Captain would trade places again and again as the promise of life and the spectre of God wrestled for the two men’s souls… and their sanity.
Different dreams.
In Darwin’s Dreams, Sean Hoade presents both the historically accurate tale of two men bound by fate, fame, and family; and a harrowing descent into the dreams of Charles Darwin as the seeds of The Origin of Species took root in the deepest niches of his fertile mind. A literary achievement both poetic and passionate, Darwin’s Dreams will resonate with anyone interested in the clash between science and religion—or the men who lived it.
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