Earthly Joys
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 000649644X / Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, January 1999
Tremendous historical novel of the early 1600s, as seen through the eyes of John Tradescant, gardene...
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Tremendous historical novel of the early 1600s, as seen through the eyes of John Tradescant, gardener to the great men of the age. As gardener and confidante to Sir Robert Cecil, Tradescant is well placed to observe the social and political changes that are about to sweep through the kingdom. While his master conjures intrigues at Court, Tradescant designs for him the magnificent garden at Hatfield, scouring the known world for ever more wonderful plants: new varieties of fruit and flower, the first horse chestnuts to be cultivated in England, even larches from Russia.
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