The Blind Astronomer'S DaughterA transporting historical novel from the acclaimed author of Woodsburner. In late eighteenth century Ireland, Caroline Ainsworth learns that her life is not what it seems when her father, Arthur, an astronomer gone blind from staring at the sun, throws himself from his rooftop observatory. His vain search for an unknown planet and jealousy over astronomer William Herschel's discovery of Uranus had driven him to madness. Grief stricken, Caroline leaves