A solid and very interesting biography (how could it not be?) First Lasky touches on Darwin's childhood - which is likely to be of interest to a lot of children especially as they see that he struggled in school and had conflicts with his father. Understandably, the primary focus is on the Beagle y...
Charles Darwin was a child who was allowed to explore and he grew up, despite his terrible conflicts with schools, to be a man who explored the world of nature.Lasky, as she has done in every book, writes the story of Darwin's life brilliantly. Darwin feels as round and human as any fictional charac...