Publisher :
Le Lombard
Genre : Fantasy & Esoteric, Historical fiction
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Pages
54
54
Volume
3
3
Format
237 * 310
237 * 310
Release
24/02/2012
24/02/2012
Target
17+
17+
Everyone knows about Charles Darwin’s work on the origin of the human species. But most people don’t know that, earlier in his career, he was very interested in quite a different species: the Griffus, a savage beast that roams the wilds of Canada. One person who does know this is Viscount Palmerston, the Prime Minister to Queen Victoria. Palmerston is a great admirer of the naturalist’s work. And now, he has need of Darwin to help explain the bloody attacks that have been plaguing the construction of a new railroad through Yorkshire. Caught between myth on one side and hard fact on the other, Darwin will have to work hard to maintain his scientific credibility — a credibility that his fellow countrymen are only too ready to attack…
