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1828 - Brilliant young naval officer Robert FitzRoy is given the captaincy of HMS Beagle, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego, aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist named Charles Darwin. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tore it apart, leading one to triumph and the other to disaster...
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This Thing of Darkness, Harry Thompson
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- Released
- 2005
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- Subtitle
- A Story of Adventure, Tragedy and a Voyage That Changed the World
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Harry Thompson
- Publisher
- Review
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 626
- ISBN10
- 0755327144
- ISBN13
- 9780755327140
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Travel, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
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- 1828 - Brilliant young naval officer Robert FitzRoy is given the captaincy of HMS Beagle, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego, aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist named Charles Darwin. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tore it apart, leading one to triumph and the other to disaster...