num_pages: 750
description: In 1831 Charles Darwin set off in HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy on a voyage that would change the world. Tory aristocrat Fitzroy was a staunch Christian who believed in the sanctity of the individual in a world created by God: Darwin the liberal cleric and natural historian went on to develop a theory of evolution that would cast doubt on the truth of the Bible and the descent of man. The friendship forged during their epic expeditions on land and sea turned into bitter enmity as Darwin's theories threatened to destroy everything Fitzroy stood for ...
language: English
title: This Thing of Darkness
titlecomplete: This Thing of Darkness
characters: Bartholomew James Sulivan, Robert Fitzroy, Charles Darwin, Orundellico
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Religion, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel, Literature, Evolution, Adventure
ratings_count: 2858
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist
publisher: Headline Review