Darwin Conspiracy, The

出版者:Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged

作者:John Darnton

页数:0

出版时间:2005-09-13

价格:USD 38.95

装帧:Audio CD

isbn号码:9781423306122

具体描述

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.

作者简介

约翰•丹顿（John Darnton）

他曾经是《纽约时报》著名记者。

他两度夺得乔治•波尔克奖。更凭借一则在冷战时期偷渡出波兰的故事，荣膺普利策奖。

他的第一部畅销之作《尼安德特人》被誉为“具有广博知识的一种娱乐性阅读”。导演斯皮尔伯格购买了这本书的电影改编权。

他所有的作品，包括《尼安德特人》、《生命》、《灵魂捕手》和《实验》等都是美国当年最红小说，均被翻译成多种语种。

读后感

这本由John Darnton 写作的新书, 披露了查理. 达尔文, 进化论的倡导者的一生中的一些隐秘. 1831年, 达尔文登上了去南美航行的帆船 “小猎犬号” 开始了他梦寐以求的以收集生物标本为目的航海探险. 他是以博物学家的身份在船上为英国政府工作的. 船长罗伯特.菲茨洛伊是位虔诚的...  

最近在读的书都是双线结构 这种结构的用意和好处 常读书的人都很清楚 但是这本书首先从结构上就感觉蹩脚 一条线以现代的休为主人公 一条线 掺杂了第三人称叙述达尔文小猎犬号上的经历+达尔文女儿的日记 意图很明显 一条线是后世人揭开重重迷雾找寻真相 另一条线是以当时的发展...  

看书名猜想，这是一部跟风的小说，跟的，是《达芬奇密码》。后者的成功实在太让人眼红，于是连兰登书屋都没拒绝约翰•丹顿这个畅销书作家的跟风之作。但，毕竟是畅销书作家，毕竟是兰登书屋，书的内容还是值得期待。 及至开始阅读，发现连双线并行交叉的故事结构都学得一丝...  

我很郁闷的是我竟然花了好几天的时间看完这本又长又臭故弄玄虚的书，途中无数次箱放弃阅读，但还是心存侥幸的希望这故事能好物沉归底戏肉在后头，结果最终证明我实在是浪费时间。只能说这本书纯粹是想借《达芬奇的密码》的东风来挣钱。