Stolen Darwin journals returned to Cambridge University library
by Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent from on (#5XV94)
Seminal works left in pink gift bag with happy Easter' note for librarian after going missing in 2001
The plot was worthy of a Dan Brown thriller - two Charles Darwin manuscripts worth millions of pounds reported as stolen from Cambridge University library after being missing for two decades.
The disappearance prompted a worldwide appeal with the help of the local police force and Interpol. Now, in a peculiar twist, the notebooks - one of which contains Darwin's seminal 1837 Tree of Life Sketch - have been anonymously returned in a pink gift bag, with a typed note on an envelope wishing a happy Easter to the librarian.
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