The blind astronomer's daughter
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
ISBN
9781410496126 (hardback), 1410496120 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
691 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status
WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Discoveries in science -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Herschel, William, -- 1738-1822 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ireland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Suicide victims -- Fiction.
Uranus (Planet) -- Fiction.
Women astronomers -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Discoveries in science -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Herschel, William, -- 1738-1822 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ireland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Suicide victims -- Fiction.
Uranus (Planet) -- Fiction.
Women astronomers -- Ireland -- Fiction.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Format
Large Print
Language
English
ISBN
9781410496126 (hardback), 1410496120 (hardcover)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-677).
Description
In late-eighteenth-century Ireland, accidental stargazer Caroline Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her father, Arthur, throws himself from his rooftop observatory. Caroline had often assisted her father with his observations in pursuit of an unknown planet. When astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus, Caroline could only watch helplessly as unremitting jealousy drove Arthur to madness. Now, gone blind from staring at the sun, he has chosen death over a darkened life. Grief-stricken, Caroline abandons the vain search, leaves Ireland for London, and tries to forget her love for Finnegan O'Siodha, the tinkering blacksmith who was helping her father build a telescope larger than his rival's. But her father has left her more than the wreck of that unfinished instrument: his cryptic atlas holds the secret to finding a new world at the edge of the sky. As Caroline reluctantly resumes her father's work and confronts her own longings, Ireland is swept into rebellion, and Caroline and Finnegan are plunged into its violence.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pipkin, J. (2016). The blind astronomer's daughter . Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pipkin, John. 2016. The Blind Astronomer's Daughter. Thorndike Press Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pipkin, John. The Blind Astronomer's Daughter Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pipkin, John. The Blind Astronomer's Daughter Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
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