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Darwin: A Life in Poems
- Author:Padel, Ruth
- Publisher:Chatto & Windus, London, 2009
- ISBN:9780701183851
- Catalog ID:1304193
- Book type:Hardback
- Edition text:First edition
- Binding text:Hardback
- Book condition:Fine
- Jacket condition:Very Good
- Our ref:01304193
Chatto & Windus, London, 2009. First edition. Book condition: fine & unread. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with only very slight edge wear. In this extraordinary sequence of poems, using multiple viewpoints, Ruth Padel follows the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution and fluctuating emotions in Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous forebear.