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The blind astronomer's daughter : a novel, John Pipkin
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- Summary
- 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 darkenedlife. 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The blind astronomer's daughter : a novel
- Title
- The blind astronomer's daughter
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John Pipkin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 darkenedlife. 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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- DLC
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- Pipkin, John
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3616.I65
- LC item number
- B58 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women astronomers
- Fathers and daughters
- Herschel, William
- Ireland
- Label
- The blind astronomer's daughter : a novel, John Pipkin
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1679816
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 461 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632861870
- Lccn
- 2015047006
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1679816
- (OCoLC)933590396
- Label
- The blind astronomer's daughter : a novel, John Pipkin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1679816
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 461 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632861870
- Lccn
- 2015047006
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1679816
- (OCoLC)933590396
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