Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion

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An account of the discovery of deep time that is as thrilling as it is sweeping, populated by a brilliantly drawn cast of characters, and vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary -- TOM HOLLAND
An outstanding and gripping revelation ... essential reading -- Simon Sebag Montefiore on The Interest
A magnificent book ... riveting * Evening Standard on The Interest *
Taylor can tell a story superbly * Economist on The Interest *
Scintillating ... brisk, gripping ... compulsively readable * Guardian on The Interest *

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Michael Taylor is an historian of colonial slavery, the British Empire and the British Isles. He graduated with a double first in history from the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD - and also won University Challenge. He has since been Lecturer in Modern British History at Balliol College, Oxford, and he is currently a Visiting Fellow at the British Library's Eccles Centre for American Studies.