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Set against the backdrop of 1840s Britain and France, this novel explores profound questions of identity and humanity. A wet nurse, concealing her true name, seeks to uncover her father's identity, while a quarryman secretly smuggles a significant fossil to Paris. The narrative intertwines with a controversial best-seller whose author remains anonymous, alongside an overlooked book that introduces ideas pivotal to Darwin's "Origin of Species." These interconnected stories converge, revealing unexpected truths and insights in a captivating climax.
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The Great Unknown, Peg Kingman
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2020
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- Titul
- The Great Unknown
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Peg Kingman
- Vydavatel
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Rok vydání
- 2020
- Vazba
- pevná
- Počet stran
- 336
- ISBN13
- 9781324003366
- Kategorie
- Beletrie, Historická próza
- Anotace
- Set against the backdrop of 1840s Britain and France, this novel explores profound questions of identity and humanity. A wet nurse, concealing her true name, seeks to uncover her father's identity, while a quarryman secretly smuggles a significant fossil to Paris. The narrative intertwines with a controversial best-seller whose author remains anonymous, alongside an overlooked book that introduces ideas pivotal to Darwin's "Origin of Species." These interconnected stories converge, revealing unexpected truths and insights in a captivating climax.