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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
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.
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Thomas Mogford is the author of a series of crime novels about a lawyer from Gibraltar named Spike Sanguinetti. The first book, Shadow of the Rock, was a Spectator ‘Book of the Year’, and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association ‘Dagger’ award for best debut. Both the sequel, Sign of the Cross, and follow-up, Hollow Mountain, were shortlisted for Crimefest’s ‘eDunnit’ award, while the fourth book in the series, Sleeping Dogs, was chosen as one of the Guardian‘s ‘Best Holiday Reads’. The latest Sanguinetti, A Thousand Cuts, was hailed by The Sunday Times as ‘a traditional and thoroughly satisfying crime novel’. Thomas also writes historical fiction under the name T.L. Mogford. The Plant Hunter was published in the UK on 17 February 2022, and has been shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.
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| Category: | Fantasy Books |
| ISBN: | 9781787399389 |
| Publisher: | Welbeck Publishing Group |
| On sale: | October 2022 |
| Format: | Paperback |
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