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Doctor Copernicus
John Banville
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Description for Doctor Copernicus
Paperback. Volume One of the Revolutions Trilogy Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
‘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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330372343
SKU
V9780330372343
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About John Banville
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
Reviews for Doctor Copernicus
Banville writes novels of complex patterning, with grace, precision and timing.
Guardian
With his fastidious wit and exquisite style, John Banville is the heir to Nabokov.
Daily Telegraph
A tour de force: a fictional evocation of the great astronomer which is exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world.
The Times
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Guardian
With his fastidious wit and exquisite style, John Banville is the heir to Nabokov.
Daily Telegraph
A tour de force: a fictional evocation of the great astronomer which is exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world.
The Times
... Read more