Intimate History of Evolution
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE
''A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era'' John Gray, New Statesman
''The whole of British intellectual life seems accessible through some branch of this sprawling family tree'' The Guardian
In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the seemingly...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE
''A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era'' John Gray, New Statesman
''The whole of British intellectual life seems accessible through some branch of this sprawling family tree'' The Guardian
In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the seemingly...
