This is an epic novel of sea-faring adventure set in the 19th century charting the life of Robert Fitzroy, the captain of 'The Beagle' and his passenger Charles Darwin. It combines adventure, emotion, ideas, humour and tragedy as well as illuminating the history of the 19th century. Fitzroy, the Christian Tory aristocrat, believed in the sanctity of the individual, but his beliefs destroyed his career and he committed suicide. Darwin, the liberal minor cleric doubts the truth of the Bible and develops his theory of evolution which is brutal and unforgiving in human terms. The two friends became bitter enemies as Darwin destroyed everything Fitzroy stood for.
- ISBN10 0755327144
- ISBN13 9780755327140
- Publish Date 6 June 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 April 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Review
- Edition Export/airside Ed
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 640
- Language English