"Fans of historical fiction will devour this complex portrait of a
brilliant and trailblazing genius and the price she paid to advance the
frontiers of science." (Beatriz Williams, New York Times best-selling
author of Our Woman in Moscow)
The new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The
Mystery of Mrs. Christie!
She changed the world with her discovery. Three men took the credit.
Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider - brilliant, but
different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or
toiling at a university in London, she feels closest to the science,
those unchanging laws of physics and chemistry that guide her
experiments. When she is assigned to work on DNA, she believes she can
unearth its secrets.
Rosalind knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture - one more after
thousands - she can unlock the building blocks of life. Never again will
she have to listen to her colleagues complain about her, especially
Maurice Wilkins, who'd rather conspire about genetics with James Watson
and Francis Crick than work alongside her.
Then it finally happens - the double helix structure of DNA reveals
itself to her with perfect clarity. But what unfolds next, Rosalind
could have never predicted.
Marie Benedict's powerful new novel shines a light on a woman who
sacrificed her life to discover the nature of our very DNA, a woman
whose world-changing contributions were hidden by the men around her but
whose relentless drive advanced our understanding of humankind.
Also by Marie Benedict:
- The Other Einstein
- Carnegie's Maid
- The Only Woman in the Room
- Lady Clementine
- The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
