Title |
The coral thief : a novel / Rebecca Stott |
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Imprint |
New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2009 |
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CCQ - Lusail Female Library
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PR6119.T69 |
Available |
Edition |
1st ed |
Description |
286 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-286) |
Summary |
In 1815 France, a young medical student discovers that the beauty who shared his coach has stolen the rare coral specimens he carried and soon he encounters a ring of philosopher thieves determined to sabotage pre-Darwinian theories of evolution |
Subject |
Anatomists -- Fiction
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy -- Fiction
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ISBN |
038553146X |
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