Earthly Joys: A Novel
by Philippa Gregory
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Author: Philippa GregoryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-05-24
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Touchstone
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Summary: 5 Stars
I stumbled across this book in a thrift shop and thought it looked mildly interesting. I had never heard of the author before or read any of her other books but figured it must be worth at least the quarter they were asking. I was drawn in immediately and could not stop thinking about the story even when I had to put it down. I really enjoyed her rich descriptions of the time period and the characters and had no trouble appreciating her descriptions of the gardening of Tradescant even though I know nothing about the skill myself. The sexuality in the book did not put me off either, as it seems to have done to so many others. It is just a small part of the volume anyway.
As soon as I finished this book I immediately searched for and purchased more of her works, and am currently in the middle of "The Other Boleyn Girl", which is just as outstanding. A thoroughly fresh, interesting, engrossing, entertaining author.
Summary of Earthly Joys: A Novel
"Whether he is nurturing a single rare seedling into a blossoming tree or planning acres of exquisitely conceived royal gardens, John Tradescant's fame and skill as a gardener are unsurpassed in seventeenth-century England. But it is Tradescant's clear-sighted honesty and loyalty that make him an invaluable servant, and in his role as informal confidant during garden strolls with Sir Robert Cecil, adviser to King James I, he witnesses the making of history, from the Gunpowder Plot to the accession of King Charles I and the growing animosity between Parliament and court. Tradescant's talents soon come to the attention of the most powerful man in the country, the irresistible Duke of Buckingham, the lover of King Charles I. Tradescant has always been faithful to his masters, but Buckingham is unlike any he has ever known: flamboyant, outrageously charming, and utterly reckless. Every certainty upon which Tradescant has based his life -- his love of his wife and children, his passion for his work, his loyalty to his country -- is shattered as he follows Buckingham to court, to war, and to the forbidden territories of human love. From the details of garden design and innovation to the politics of a growing revolution which was to kill a king and turn a world upside down, Philippa Gregory once again makes history come alive through the people whose passions shaped that world. "Book Subjects
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