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Title: DARWIN
A LIFE IN POEMS
By: Ruth Padel
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £8.99


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ISBN 10: 1409075370
ISBN 13: 9781409075370
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 March, 2012
Pages: 160
Description: Using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - this title illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father.
Synopsis: In these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor.Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Returns: Returnable
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