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Charles Darwin
1881 - Down House, Kent
At Down House, with his heart stumbling on the stairs, the man who changed our understanding of life sets down what the theory never explained.
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1880s opens onto 6 lives, 4 place stories, and 1 named historical windows.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
1881 - Caprera
On Caprera, trapped between the sea and his own body, the man who unified Italy reflects on what the politicians did with what the sword made possible.
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Gregor Mendel
1883 - Brno
In the quiet of the abbey at Brno, a monk whose pea experiments were ignored reflects on what the world was not yet ready to understand.
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Sojourner Truth
1883 - Battle Creek, Michigan
With her body failing faster than her memory, a woman who walked out of slavery sets down what freedom actually looked like.
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Ulysses S. Grant
1885 - Mount McGregor
At Mount McGregor, racing against cancer to finish his memoirs, a general and president faces his final campaign.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
1888 - Turin (Via Carlo Alberto 6, top floor)
The landlady has brought the lamp earlier than usual, and I keep the new pages turned face down on the table because if she sees how quickly they are accumulating she will write to my sister, and the printer must receive them before the family begins interfering again.
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Italy And Alpine EuropePlace story
Caprera
Alive in this timeline around 1881 / story span 1861-1882
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Down House, Kent
Alive in this timeline around 1881 / story span 1842-1882
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1825 to 1914
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Charles Darwin
1881 - Down House, Kent
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At Down House, with his heart stumbling on the stairs, the man who changed our understanding of life sets down what the theory never explained.
- 1881