Two Moons: A NovelPantheon Books, 2000 - 303 pagini Astronomy, politics, and romance join forces in this novel from the writer John Updike has called "one of the most interesting American novelists at work." It's the spring of 1877 in Washington, D.C., and at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Hugh Allison has conceived a secret ambition: to project an image through time and space. But his plan takes on urgent life only when the mathematically gifted Cynthia May enters his orbit as one of the observatory's human "computers." A Civil War widow whose beauty has been shadowed by worry and poverty, Cynthia reluctantly falls in love with the younger Hugh, who missed the war that has haunted her life. But the fate of their love affair -- and of Hugh's heavenly vision -- may be out of their hands, decided instead by an astrologer and by the actions of a dangerously magnetic politician who wields his power over a Senate convulsed by Reconstruction and a wildly disputed presidential election. Masterfully combining historical detail and startling invention, Thomas Mallon gives us a galvanizing story of earthly heartbreak and otherworldly triumph. |
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... stopping to re - dip his pen , writing another to Dr. Porter , the president of Yale , begging that he weigh in on the ... stopped in , " said Cynthia . " I've made you more cheerful , I think — although you seemed rather lively to begin ...
... stopping to re - dip his pen , writing another to Dr. Porter , the president of Yale , begging that he weigh in on the ... stopped in , " said Cynthia . " I've made you more cheerful , I think — although you seemed rather lively to begin ...
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... stopped running . " He struggled to keep a clear view of the older man , as the icy snow , more like needles than flakes , blew into his eyes . " Damned near every man in the city has stopped running ! " cried Conkling . He had been ...
... stopped running . " He struggled to keep a clear view of the older man , as the icy snow , more like needles than flakes , blew into his eyes . " Damned near every man in the city has stopped running ! " cried Conkling . He had been ...
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... stopping to wave , he was off , alone , block after block , for another hour , toward Union Square , the dirty needles ... stopped at the corner , looking for a passable angle across the Square , trying to get the bearings he could never ...
... stopping to wave , he was off , alone , block after block , for another hour , toward Union Square , the dirty needles ... stopped at the corner , looking for a passable angle across the Square , trying to get the bearings he could never ...
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Admiral Rodgers already arrived Asaph Hall asked Cynthia astrologer astronomers clerk comet Commodore Conkling's cried Custom House dearie desk dome door Evarts eyes face Fanny felt Foggy Bottom girl going gone hair hand Harrison Hayes hear Henry Paul hope hour Hugh Allison Hugh's Joan Park Kate Chase Sprague keep knew ladies laughed letter light looked Madam Costello Mary Costello Miss moon never night nodded numbers O'Toole O'Toole's Observatory once parlor past planet reader President Professor Harkness projector realized replied Roscoe Conkling senator Simon Newcomb smile soon stars steps Street sunspots suppose sure talk tell There's things thought tion Todd told tonight took Transit of Venus turned Utica Venus voice waiting walked War God Washington watched week whispered who'd woman wondered Wormley's York young