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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022
A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022
'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON
'A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life' WILLIAM BOYD
'A riveting page-turner, rich with fascinating period detail' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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1867. King's Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare and exotic flora. But each of the glossy emporiums is fuelled by th…
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Undertittel
'A great adventure' William Boyd
Forlag
Mountain Leopard Press
Utgitt
12 april 2024
Sjanger
Romaner, Skjønnlitteratur
Språk
English
Format
epub
DRM-beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781787399358
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022
A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022
'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON
'A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life' WILLIAM BOYD
'A riveting page-turner, rich with fascinating period detail' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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1867. King's Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare and exotic flora. But each of the glossy emporiums is fuelled by the dangerous world of the plant hunters - daring adventurers sent into uncharted lands in search of untold wonders to grace England's finest gardens.
Harry Compton is as far from a plant hunter as one could imagine - a salesman plucked from the obscurity of the nursery growing fields to become 'the face that sold a thousand plants'.
But one small act of kindness sees him inherit a precious gift - a specimen of a fabled tree last heard of in The Travels of Marco Polo, and a map.
Seizing his chance for fame and fortune, Harry sets out to make his mark. But where there is wealth there is corruption, and soon Harry is fleeing England, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and sailing up the Yangtze alongside a young widow - both in pursuit of the plant that could transform both their lives forever.