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Darwin’s life has received enormous attention — so much so, as Adrian Desmond, James Moore, and Janet Browne note in the preface to this book, that today «historians know more about his career than his family did, and in respects. .. they even know more about the man.» Such a massive amount of information can prove difficult to summarize, but the three authors rove more than capable of the task. Each draw upon their particular specialty — Desmond on the politics of evolution, evolution and Darwin’s colleagues, Moore on the secular and religious contexts, and Browne on the history of botany — to present a comprehensive portrait of Darwin, one that captures the amazing range of his natural studies. Supplemented with a final chapter on his legacy, the book serves as a good introduction to the famous naturalist, as well as a guide to the mountain of further literature on his life and legacy