
Darwin
A Biography
$53.99
- Hardcover
624 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
The definitive biography of Charles Darwin-now in one abridged and fully updated volume
Based on the two-volume National Book Critics Circle Awardwinning biography hailed as “the definitive Darwin biography” “a wonderful and well-rounded portrait” and “magnificent” and “irresistible”
Janet Browne’s award-winning, two-volume biography of Charles Darwin has been described by many reviewers as the definitive biography of the father of evolution. Now, Browne has s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691232256 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691232253 |
| Author: | Janet Browne |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“This book, an abridged version of Browne’s two longer Darwin biographies, distills the rich, complicated life of the beloved naturalist into 624 pages… . Browne paints a portrait of a man who laughed, wept and struggled his way through the Victorian era as much as he informed it. A dedicated reader will surely find getting acquainted with Browne’s Darwin an enjoyable endeavor.”—Aaron Tremper, Science News
About The Author
Janet Browne
Janet Browne, one of the world’s leading experts on Charles Darwin, is the Aramont Professor Emerita of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her books include the acclaimed two-volume biography, Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and the Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society. She is also the editor of The Quotable Darwin and the author of Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography. She was on the editorial team of the Darwin Correspondence Project at the University of Cambridge, which published Darwin’s correspondence in thirty volumes.
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