Virgin Earth - Couverture souple

Gregory, Philippa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007228481 ISBN 13 : 9780007228485

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

Sequel to the outstanding historical novel Earthly Joys, and written by the bestselling Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. John Tradescant the Younger has inherited his father's unique collection of plants along with his unerring ability to nurture them. But as gardener to Charles I, he confronts an unbearable dilemma when England descends into Civil War. Fleeing from the chaos, John travels to the Royalist colony of Virginia in America. But the virgin land is not uninhabited. John's plant hunting brings him to live with the native people, and he learns to love and respect their way of life just as it is threatened by the colonial settlers. In the new world and the old, the established order is breaking down and every family has to find its own way of surviving. For the Tradescants, through the upheavals of the Commonwealth and the Restoration, this means consolidating their reputations as the greatest gardeners in the country.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

As England descends into civil war, John Tradescant the Younger, gardener to King Charles I, finds his loyalties in question, his status an ever-growing danger to his family. Fearing royal defeat and determined to avoid serving the rebels, John escapes to the royalist colony of Virginia, a land bursting with fertility that stirs his passion for botany. Only the native American peoples understand the forest, and John is drawn to their way of life just as they come into fatal conflict with the colonial settlers. Torn between his loyalty to his country and family and his love for a Powhatan girl who embodies the freedom he seeks, John has to find himself before he is prepared to choose his direction in the virgin land.
In this enthralling, freestanding sequel to Earthly Joys, Gregory combines a wealth of gardening knowledge with a haunting love story that spans two continents and two cultures, making Virgin Earth a tour de force of revolutionary politics and passionate characters.

Revue de presse :

"A tale of forbidden love set against the turmoil of a country in chaos."

-- The New York Times Book Review

"This hefty epic illuminates the seventeenth century with clear prose and a believable cast of characters, and will draw in casual readers and lovers of history alike."

-- Publishers Weekly

"A cleverly conceived and executed historical narrative spanning one of the most intriguing and turbulent eras in British history."

-- Booklist

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007228481
• ISBN 13: 9780007228485
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 576