Earthly Joys - Philippa Gregory
Earthly Joys - Philippa Gregory Sweeping historical novel from Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening…
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Earthly Joys - Philippa Gregory
Sweeping historical novel from Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening pioneer of his day, yet a man of humble birth: John Tradescant's story is a mirror to the extraordinary age in which he lives. Set in the 1600s and seen through the eyes of John Tradescant, gardener to the great men of the age.
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. 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. Moving to the household of the flamboyant Duke of Buckingham, Tradescant witnesses at first hand the growing division between Parliament and the people; and the most loyal of servants must find a way to become an independent squire.