The Plant Hunter

The Plant Hunter
T L Mogford
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h234 x 153mm - 432pg
17 Feb 2022 UK
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9781787399372
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' A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life' - WILLIAM BOYD 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 planthunters - daring adventurers sent into uncharted lands in search of untold wonders to grace England' s finest gardens. Harry Compton is as far from a planthunter 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 change their futures.
' Carried along by the drama, the history, the travel, the romance, the love of a dog, let alone the plant-hunting I couldn' t put this down. ' - SARAH RAVEN ' It is a belter!' - JESSIE CHILDS, author of God' s Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England
T. L. Mogford can trace his roots back to a line of famous horticulturalists - his great-grandfather has an apple tree named after him. Before becoming an author he worked as a journalist forTime Out and as a translator for the European Parliament. The Planthunter is his first historical novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787399372
Published: 17 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Welbeck Publishing Group
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 432

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