Harry Thompson (1) (1960–2005)
Autor(a) de This Thing of Darkness
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About the Author
Image credit: Hodder & Stoughton
Séries
Obras de Harry Thompson
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Thompson, Harry William
- Data de nascimento
- 1960-02-06
- Data de falecimento
- 2005-11-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
England - Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- Highgate Grammar School for Boys
Brasenose College, Oxford University - Ocupação
- Radio and Television Producer
Comedy Writer
Novelist
Biographer - Relacionamentos
- Duff, Fiona (wife - 1st)
Thompson, Bill (son)
Thompson, Betty (daughter)
Whadcock, Lisa (wife - 2nd) - Organizações
- BBC
- Premiações
- British Comedy Awards - Jury's Award (2005)
- Pequena biografia
- Harry William Thompson was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer. Thompson was widely regarded as one of the most successful television producers and comedy writers of his generation.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Membros
- 1,355
- Popularidade
- #18,978
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 47
- ISBNs
- 50
- Idiomas
- 5
The first of the three books begins with the events that led to Captain FitzRoy being given the Beagle to command and chronicles his experiences as its captain during its mission in the waters of southern South America and particularly the area of Tierra Del Fuego.
Book two introduces Charles Darwin and mainly tells of FitzRoy's and Darwin's experiences in the second voyage of the Beagle to survey the coasts and waters in the southern waters. They surveyed the Falklands, the southern coasts of Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego and also some of Chile and New Zealand and then continued around the world back to England.
Book Three gives us the rest of FitzRoy's life as well as something of Darwin and his publications. At this point the two men disagree about the meaning of their observations and are no longer friends. In the end this novel is more about FitzRoy than Darwin.
The novel is well researched and seems to closely follow the actual events. In his Author's Postscript at the end, Thompson does tell the reader where he departs from an actual event. There is also a large bibliography for further reading. I read The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin a few years ago and I didn't see any problem with Thompson's version.
Also, the novel was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and short-listed for the Pendleton First Novel Award. At about 800 pages (print length) this took most of March to finish but it was worth it.… (mais)