num_pages: 256
description: The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life.
language: English
title: Doctor Copernicus
titlecomplete: Doctor Copernicus
genres: Historical, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Irish Literature, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Ireland
ratings_count: 928
series: The Revolutions Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Picador