具体描述
In this riveting new novel, best-selling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin.
What led Darwin to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write On the Origin of Species? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival? These are some of the questions driving Darnton’s richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view: Darwin’s own as he sails around the world aboard the Beagle; his daughter Lizzie’s as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and Darwin scholar Beth Dulicmer, whose obsession with Darwin (and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research. What Hugh and Beth discover–Lizzie’s diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of Darwin’s autobiography–is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution.
With The Darwin Conspiracy, John Darnton again delivers a stunning tapestry of history and imagination, a galvanizing novel.
作者简介
约翰•丹顿（John Darnton）
他曾经是《纽约时报》著名记者。
他两度夺得乔治•波尔克奖。更凭借一则在冷战时期偷渡出波兰的故事，荣膺普利策奖。
他的第一部畅销之作《尼安德特人》被誉为“具有广博知识的一种娱乐性阅读”。导演斯皮尔伯格购买了这本书的电影改编权。
他所有的作品，包括《尼安德特人》、《生命》、《灵魂捕手》和《实验》等都是美国当年最红小说，均被翻译成多种语种。
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读后感
读这种涉及名人名事的小说，总会引起自己对自己那点历史知识的怀疑，自己所听所见的真的是历史的真相吗？尽然亦不尽然。。。人性除了黑与白，或许还真的有灰色地带，不把一切想得那么好，也不把一切想得那么糟，世界还是蛮美好的。
估计是跟风《达芬奇密码》，这本书毫无新意，采用双向叙述，一边是男主角，一边是达尔文的小女儿，剧情铺垫不够，剧情拖沓，没有可读的点，让人想睡觉。很难想象达尔文的事情和男主角有什么相关联的的。毫无想象力，没有可读性，看到一半就不想看的小说。
或许我老了, 已无法阅读拖沓的情节, 无法阅读一开头就毫无矛盾和冲突的情节, 无法阅读没有张力的设定, 如果,小说作为一个娱乐项目, 比我们的生活还平淡, 小说家还要写小说做什么? 我读不下去了,读到第六章,决定果断停掉. 还是把凯鲁亚克的<荒凉天使>读完再说吧.
估计是跟风《达芬奇密码》，这本书毫无新意，采用双向叙述，一边是男主角，一边是达尔文的小女儿，剧情铺垫不够，剧情拖沓，没有可读的点，让人想睡觉。很难想象达尔文的事情和男主角有什么相关联的的。毫无想象力，没有可读性，看到一半就不想看的小说。
