A novel on Charles Darwin, the 19th century English naturalist and father of the theory of evolution. It is narrated by a young Italian who joins the Beagle, the ship in which Darwin made his round-the-world voyage to study fauna and flora. As he chronicles their adventures, surviving the weather and hostile natives, the Italian, who puts logic ahead of faith, describes Darwin's attachment to faith.
A novel on Charles Darwin, the 19th century English naturalist and father of the theory of evolution. It is narrated by a young Italian who joins the Beagle, the ship in which Darwin made his round-the-world voyage to study fauna and flora. As he chronicles their adventures, surviving the weather and hostile natives, the Italian, who puts logic ahead of faith, describes Darwin's attachment to faith.