The revolutionary life of Alfred Russel Wallace.
Writing tagged: ‘reviews’
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’
Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864’
More sickness, more botany.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’
Darwin grows in confidence.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
Book review: ‘Kindred’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
An introduction to our formerly maligned cousins.
Book review: ‘Islands of Abandonment’ by Cal Flyn
Life in the post-human landscape.
Book review: ‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts
The prehistory of Britain in seven burials.
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson
The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Book review: ‘Darwin: a companion’ by Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe
A monumental reference work, and a must-have for all Darwin scholars.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.