From the author of the bestselling Neanderthal comes this novel of gripping suspense and scientific conquest–a page-turning historical mystery that brilliantly explores the intrigue behind Darwin and his theory of evolution.It’s 1831, and aboard HMS Beagle the young Charles Darwin sets off down the English Channel for South America. More than 150 years later, two ambitious scholars pursuing their obsession with Darwin (and with each other) come across the diaries and letters of Darwin’s daughter. What they discover is a maze of violent rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, and the extraordinary story of an expedition embarked upon by two men. Only one returned–and changed history forever.

This novel's intriguing plot draws readers into the possible inadequacies of Darwinism as a scientific theory and its influence over the scientific world and media.

Roy Davies unravels a 150-year-old mystery - namely how was Charles Darwin awarded the credit for the discovery of the theory of evolution when it belonged to someone else and why have academics ignored evidence that shows Darwin perpetrated one of the greatest crimes in the history of science?

From the author of the bestselling Neanderthal comes this novel of gripping suspense and scientific conquest–a page-turning historical mystery that brilliantly explores the intrigue behind Darwin and his theory of evolution.It’s 1831, and aboard HMS Beagle the young Charles Darwin sets off down the English Channel for South America. More than 150 years later, two ambitious scholars pursuing their obsession with Darwin (and with each other) come across the diaries and letters of Darwin’s daughter. What they discover is a maze of violent rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, and the extraordinary story of an expedition embarked upon by two men. Only one returned–and changed history forever.

“Intellectually stimulating and viscerally exciting, The Darwin Affair is breathtaking from start to stop.” —The Wall Street Journal Get ready for one of the most inventive and entertaining novels of 2019—an edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, where the controversial publication On the Origin of Species sets off a string of unspeakable crimes. London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments later—and only a block away—Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that these crimes are connected to an even more sinister plot. Was Victoria really the assassin’s target? Are those closest to the Crown hiding something? And who is the shadowy figure witnesses describe as having lifeless, coal-black eyes? Soon, Field’s investigation exposes a shocking conspiracy in which the publication of Charles Darwin’s controversial On the Origin of Species sets off a string of murders, arson, kidnapping, and the pursuit of a madman named the Chorister. As the investigation takes Field from the dangerous alleyways of London to the hallowed halls of Oxford, the list of possible conspirators grows, and the body count escalates. And as he edges closer to the Chorister, he uncovers dark secrets that were meant to remain forever hidden. Tim Mason has created a rousing page-turner that both Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would relish and envy.

The book explores intrigues behind the first presentation on Natural Selection at the Linnaeus Society meeting on July 1, 1858 where the manuscript was presented with Darwin's name first and Alfred R. Wallace's second. Yet Darwin had never written anything on Evolution, but only hinted that he had "notes" and started a "manuscript" prior to this date. He says he kept it secret. A few weeks prior to the Linnaeus meeting, Wallace in Indonesia had sent Darwin a full manuscript on Natural Selection with all the answers staring Darwin right in the face. The book traces the life of Darwin, a man of great inherited wealth, his anxieties, health problems, and especially his "gratuitous fibs" and changing dates to suggest he had the idea first. It pervades his writings which Darwinists ignored. It outlines the actual conspiracy and the aftermath. It had to come from a "reputable" person, endorsed by elite scientists, and the press. Darwin had it all. Wallace had nothing, despite being first.

Asserts that the Founders' hard-nosed realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct—articulated in the Declaration of Independence—has been replaced by today's blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition.