LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012 While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the "Thomas Darwin of Down, England" be a relative of the famous Charles Darwin? In a narrative woven from letters, photographs, historical documents and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomas's life - the last of eleven children born to Charles Darwin. It tells of his obsession with extending his father's studies into the realm of inanimate objects - kitchen utensils, to be precise. Can the theory of evolution be aplied to knives, forks and spoons? In this stunning factitious biography, Karlinsky presents us with the tragically short life of Thomas Darwin, leaving the reader to decide how much is fact and how much is fiction.

Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life & Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879)

Harry Karlinsky

The Friday Project

Pub Date: 2014-04-24 Pages: 276 Language: English Publisher: Harper Collins UK A remarkable new novel from the Wellcome Trust longlisted author While digging through the Nobel Archives in Stockholm. trying to figure out why his hero. Sigmund Freud.. never received a Nobel Prize. a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery. Among the unsolicited self-nominations in the museums Crackpot file there are six letters addressed to Mr Ragnar Sohlman. executor of Alfred Nobels will. Remarkably. all but one has been written by a Nobel laureate -.. including Rudyard Kipling. Ivan Pavlov. Teddy Roosevelt and Marie Curie Each letter attempts to explain why and how Stonehenge was constructed Diligent research eventually uncovers that Alfred Nobel. intrigued by a young womans obsession with the mysterious landmark. added a secret codicil to his will:. A prize - reserved exclusively for Nobel...

The Stonehenge Letters

The Friday Project Limited

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Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life & Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879)

The Stonehenge Letters