Darwin in Ilkley

When the Origins of Species was published on 24 November 1859, its author, Charles Darwin, was near the end of a nine-week stay in the remote Yorkshire village of Ilkley. He had come for the ''water cure''- a regime of cold baths and wet sheets - and for relaxation. But he used his time in Ilkley to shore up support, through extensive correspondence, for the extraordinary theory that the Origin would put before the world: evolution by natural selection. In Darwin in Ilkley, Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick bring to life Victorian Ilkley and the dramas of body and mind that marked Darwin''s visit.

• | Author: Gregory Radick, Mike Dixon
• | Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 07, 2009
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780752452838
• | ISBN-10: 0752452835