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The Sky's Dark Labyrinth (2000)

by Stuart Clark(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1846971748 (ISBN13: 9781846971747)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

series

The Sky's Dark Labyrinth

review 1: I have read a couple of historical novels that featured the Elizabethan-era astronomer Tycho Brahe, and saw his statue when I visited Prague. However, I never before understood the relationship between Brahe and Johannes Kepler, between astronomer and mathematician. It's cool to realize that the astronomer observes the heavens and records those observations, but it's the mathematician who puts meaning to the measurements. In other words, it was Keppler who realized that the earth moved around the sun, and not vice versa. At the same time, over in Italy, Galileo was working on the same hypothesis, but that didn't go over well with the Catholics...
review 2: Clark has created a perfectly balanced novel between history and fiction. The fascinating times Kepler... more and Galileo had lived in is brought to life with such vivid detail that I could not only see the cities and their people but even smell and hear them. The tug of war between science, religion and politics is at the heart of this novel, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to see how the truth can be hardly kept hidden despite the oppressors' best efforts. These men have inspired their contemporaries and made sure that their discoveries hadn't been in vain. I already knew about both geniuses, but having read the book, I now have a profound sense of respect for them.The only reason I gave four stars to the book is because its ending is a bit abrupt. The rest of the book flows so easily and logically that I was surprised by the way things were left. I guess Clark did that on purpose in preparation to the second novel of his trilogy. less

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