1860, winter, Darwin has recently unleashed The Origin of Species, a young curate arrives in a small town in Herefordshire. Idealistic but vulnerable and lonely, his love for a married woman and his discoveries of hidden cruelties and hypocrisies plunge him into a crisis of faith. Strong characters and a uncanny evocation of time and place kept me enthralled until the end.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 52 July 2009 ) |
