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This Thing of Darkness 2005

By Harry Thompson

  • Ship captains, Beagle Expedition (1831-1836), Seafaring life, Fiction

The year is 1828. Brilliant young naval officer Robert Fitzroy is given the captaincy of HMS *Beagle*, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego, aged just twenty-three. But Fitzroy hides a dark secret: hereditary manic depression that can strike at any time.

Ship captainsBeagle Expedition (1831-1836)Seafaring lifeFictionVoyages and travelsHistoryNaturalistsFiction, historicalFiction, historical, generalArgentina, fictionChile, fictionBeagle Expedition (1831-1836) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50077067 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n50077067

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Classical in form, epic, overwhelming and earnest.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • intimateepic
  • cooloverwhelming
  • earnestironic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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