The Beekeeper's Pupil

ISBN: 9780747270416

作者: Sara George

出版社: Trafalgar Square

出版年: 2002-9

页数: 320

定价: $ 28.19

装帧: HRD

内容简介

In 1766, at the age of fifteen, Francois Huber learns that he is going blind. As the darkness descends he sets his mind on an extraordinary scientific inquiry - into the violent and sexually competitive world of the bee. He teaches his manservant to observe in his place and together they document their astonishing findings, with extraordinary obsessiveness and insight. Set against a backdrop of the scientific and intellectual idealism of the Enlightenment, Sara George's fascinating new novel is a story of passion, knowledge and human limitations.