Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813034787 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now Emma gets her due Few successful scientists are without their debts to those around them. Isaac Newton may be an exception, but few would like to live his very eccentric life. Charles Darwin is a case in point. His marriage to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, daughter of the second in a line of pottery manufactures, allowed him to have the time, care and affection that he needed for his work to proceed. Now, after numerous books on Charles, James and Kent Loy have produced what I think may be the definitiv. Compelling Read Ellen After many years of thorough research and compelling writing, the Loys have authored a masterful book about Charles Darwin's wife that will draw in it's readers as the story of her life and relationships weaves throughout the history, politics, religion and culture of the era. Getting to know this large and loving family and following all their trimphs and tragedies is a readers delight.. A really enjoyable book Cbryce I hesitated for a long time before buying this book for my Kindle, as I was afraid it would focus too much on Emma's religious nature, but that was not at all the case. It is a very enjoyable and interesting biography of Emma's childhood and eventual marriage to cousin Charles Darwin and the story of their lives together, with their many children, deaths, births, travels, Charles' work, etcI love biographical books dealing with the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and this one is one of t
Drawing upon Emma’s personal correspondence as well as the abundant literature about her husband, authors James Loy and Kent Loy reveal the fascinating story of an exceptional woman who remained true to herself despite hardship and who, in the process, humanized her work-obsessed husband and held her family together.. A glimpse into the private home life of the Darwins"A sensitive, intelligent portrait of Emma Darwin and her life at the centre of Victorian science."--Emma Darwin, author ofA Secret Alchemy "Succeeds bril
James D. Kent M. Loy is professor of anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. Loy is a freelance writer.
The events they describe include the family's campaigns against slavery and vivisection. 22 b&w illus. The authors' casual diagnosis of physical and mental ailments mildly mars an otherwise excellent portrait of the English elite during the age of British scientific discovery. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In spite of Emma's concentration on her children and extended family, she passionately followed politics and global concerns such as the American Civil War and Irish unrest. . All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly After Charles Darwin's world-changing HMS Beagle voyage, he found a loyal protector and editor when in 1839 he married Emma Wedgwood (1808–1896) as he sought to documen