'Banville is superb . . . there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them' The Economist The first in John Banville Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Doctor Copernicus is a rich historical novel that explores the life of one of history's greatest scientists. The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, ...
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'Banville is superb . . . there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them' The Economist The first in John Banville Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Doctor Copernicus is a rich historical novel that explores the life of one of history's greatest scientists. The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. 241 pages. Has small moisture stains to bottom of front board and interior of jacket. Lower corner of jacket flap clipped. Contents clean and tight. "Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976, this historical novel is based on the life of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, whose ideas and writings shattered the medieval view of the universe."
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Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Like New book in VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has slight edgewear, clipped corner, price is intact, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Crisp, tight, unread. A beautiful copy of the first printing, in mylar cover. 8vo 8"-9" tall. 241 pages. L5.
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New York. 1976. Norton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0393087573. 244 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature England Ireland. FROM THE PUBLISHER-When Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) proved that the earth was not the center of the universe, man's conception of his cosmos and his God broke down. That shattering situation, with the great astronomer at its hub, and the toll it took on him, his church, and his world, is what John Banville skillfully reveals in this novel. Set in a fascinating, remote world, DOCTOR COPERNICUS transcends its context, making it at once an historical and a very modern novel. ‘Banville is superb. There are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: DOCTOR COPERNICUS is among the very best. ' (The Economist). inventory #1182.