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Doctor Copernicus John Banville

Doctor Copernicus By John Banville

Doctor Copernicus by John Banville


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Summary

Volume One of the Revolutions Trilogy

Doctor Copernicus Summary

Doctor Copernicus by John Banville

'Banville is superb . . . there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them' The Economist

The first in John Banville Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Doctor Copernicus is a rich historical novel that explores the life of one of history's greatest scientists.

The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life.

Doctor Copernicus Reviews

Banville writes novels of complex patterning, with grace, precision and timing. * Guardian *
With his fastidious wit and exquisite style, John Banville is the heir to Nabokov. * Daily Telegraph *
A tour de force: a fictional evocation of the great astronomer which is exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world. * The Times *

About John Banville

John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.

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GOR002952189
9780330372343
0330372343
Doctor Copernicus by John Banville
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20100806
256
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