The Signature of All Things: A Novel [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Beschreibung
As new condition white boards/green spine/gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Elizabeth Gilbert; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Lord Perceval; Prologue; and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with a Preliminary Page black-and-white drawing and front and rear endpaper floral paintings. The rear outer jacket has a bit of sticker residue at the ISBN scan code. "In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, infusing her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of desire, adventure, and the thirst for knowledge. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this sweeping novel follows the fortunes of the Whittakers - a family of botanical explorers, led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker, a poor-born Englishman who makes his fortune in the South American quinine trade and swiftly becomes the richest man in the New World. His daughter, Alma, born into great luxury in 1800, ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. She is brilliant and insatiable, driven by an unquenchable sense of wonder, and also by a desperate need to understand the hidden mechanisms behind all life itself. But as Alma's research takes her deeper into the central mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man who draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Exquisitely researched and told at a breathless pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe - from London and Peru to Philadelphia, Tahiti, Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all is Alma Whittaker - a true and tireless seeker who stands at an extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's spellbinding tale will capture the hearts and minds of readers everywhere." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005299
Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Signature of All Things: A Novel [FIRST ...
Verlag: Viking / Penguin Group, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition
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