The Naturalist. A Novel by Thom Conroy

This fascinating novel chronicles the moving story based on the real life of Dr Ernst Dieffenbach: scientist, explorer, revolutionary, outcast. In championing freedom and equality, Ernst Dieffenbach was rewarded with exile, first from Giessen, then Strasbourg, then Zurich. Stranded in London, he decided his only way to return to his beloved home in Prussia was to redeem his reputation. He hoped to do so by becoming the naturalist for Colonel Wakefield's 1839 expedition to New Zealand to buy land for colonists eager to settle. But as Dieffenbach was to discover, many of the local Maori with whom the land purchases were to be made were themselves exiled. Dieffenbach's journey was to become a struggle for a home, for love and for his belief in the equality of all people, regardless of race. Featuring Darwin, Charles Heaphy, von Humboldt, and the notorious Maori chief Te Rauparaha, The Naturalist connects New Zealand's past with world history and brings alive the story of this remarkable man.

Publisher:	Vintage New Zealand
Year:	2014
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781775536482
Condition:	Good

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SKU: 1592062
Location: NZ Fiction