An astronomer in love Fascism & Nazism Reading this book is like

Reading this book is like walking with a wise

Published By: Canongate Books Ltd

ever alert to the incongruities of the edgelands he is journeying through

and what it means to all of us

An astronomer in love Fascism & Nazism Reading this book is likeIn 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, real life astronomer to King Louis XV, sets out for the oceans of India to document the transit of Venus. The weather is turbulent, the seas are rough and his quest may be more complicated than initially thought. 250 years later, estate agent Xavier Lemercier chances upon Guillaume's telescope in a property he's sold. As he looks out across the rooftops of Paris, he discovers an intriguing woman with a zebra in her