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    Virgin Earth

    Written by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by David Thorpe

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    About this audiobook

    The sequel to the outstanding historical novel Earthly Joys, by the internationally bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory.

    A brand new recording – available as an unabridged digital audio edition for the first time.

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 7, 2019
    ISBN9780008303990
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    Philippa Gregory

    Philippa Gregory is the author of many New York Times bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl, and is a recognized authority on women’s history. Many of her works have been adapted for the screen including The Other Boleyn Girl. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She was awarded a CBE title for services to literature and charity in 2022. She welcomes visitors to her website PhilippaGregory.com.

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    • 5/5
      A wonderfully researched and interesting book, a joy for any gardener to read and learn from.
    • 2/5
      Not one of my favourite Phillipa Gregory books, lots of pages and little writing.... i found it very slow and repetitive with not much of a storyline.
    • 3/5
      I've never met a Philippa Gregory book I haven't liked and for the most part it's still true about Virgin Earth. I really enjoyed it right up until the last few pages. I found the ending deeply unsatisfying.
    • 5/5
      John Tradescant was a Gardener to King Charles I. He also collected rare and unusual items to put on display at his home. When the King started a war with parliment, his loyalties were divided. John traveled to Jamestown, Virginia, his second wife and childen stayed in England to take care of his gardens and rarities. In Virginia, he collected new and unusual plants to sell back home in England. He tried to live in Jamestown, he bought land, and married an indian woman. Life became to hard, eventually he went back to England. I learned a lot about all different kinds of plants and how they took care of them in 1638. They used glass domes over melon plants to protect them from the weather. They brushed snow off of new trees to keep the branches from freezing and breaking. Little tidbits like that made the story more interesting
    • 5/5
      Following Earthly Joys, this Historical account of England in the 17th Century has moved on to the son of the Royal Gardener, who, despite his desire to not become embroiled in the dangerous and violent happenings in England at the time, find himself just as caught up in the lives of the King and his advisers. Interesting and fun reading for history buffs, as well as gardeners as they follow John Tradescant the younger in England and then to America in his quest for rare and exotic flora to bring to the King's gardens. Very good reading.
    • 5/5
      The Tradescant's family story interweaves with the demise of Charles I and the Cromwellian interlude. She is a very good writer of history and I'm looking forward to reading her next historical novel. I thought it was so good Ibought a copy for my mother-in-law and sent it to her.
    • 5/5
      I think this has been my favorite book by Gregory so far. Just a fabulous read. I loved it. I just absolutely loved it. And the setting, and the history, the story, all woven together in such a fine way.I was sad to see it end honestly. I think Gregory is an amazing writing and the stories she creates just draw me into them.
    • 2/5
      I just couldn't get into this book so I returned it to the library.