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This epic novel of the voyages of the Beagle introduces us not only to the youthful Charles Darwin but also to the ship's brilliant but troubled captain, Robert Fitzroy. The relationship between the two men is at the heart of the novel - a close friendship based on mutual respect but one which becomes hostile as Darwin's observations shake his belief in God and in the stories of creation and of Noah's flood, while Fitzroy believes that Biblical accounts should not be questioned. It's exhilarating to see how the realisations that lead to Darwin's great breakthrough slowly come to him, while at the same time it's an exciting seafaring novel that provides enough dangers and challenges to satisfy readers who like action-packed plots. Sadly, this was Harry Thompson's only novel - he died soon after its completion at only 45 - but a powerfully impressive one.
This is an epic novel of sea-faring adventure set in the 19th century charting the life of Robert Fitzroy, the captain of 'The Beagle' and his passenger Charles Darwin. It combines adventrure, emotion, ideas, humour and tragedy as well as illuminating the history of the 19th century. Fitzroy, the Christian Tory aristocrat believed in the sanctity of the individual, but his beliefs destroyed his career and he committed suicide. Darwin, the liberal minor cleric doubts the truth of the Bible and develops his theory of evolution which is brutal and unforgiving in human terms. The two friends became bitter enemies…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
A very humorous look at a little known and true episode in WW1, in which a failed naval officer with tattooed legs and wearing a skirt somehow transports two boats across a vast stretch of jungle in the Congo and leads an assault expedition on the German fleet on Lake Tangyanika. Against all odds this bumbling troops achieves the first naval successes of the Great War. Full of delight, surprise and fascination.
At the start of World War One, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. The British had no naval craft at all upon 'Tanganjikasee', as the Germans called it. This mattered: it was the longest lake in the world and of great strategic advantage. In June 1915, a force of 28 men was despatched from Britain on a vast journey. Their orders were to take control of the lake. To reach it, they had to haul two motorboats with the unlikely names of Mimi and Toutou through the wilds of the Congo.
