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Description for The Knot
Hardcover. From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted THE BOOK OF FIRES Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 706.
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From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted THE BOOK OF FIRES
1565. Across Europe, a new era of natural science is dawning. In a remote, damp corner of Somerset, an unlikely pioneer is working to change the course of English botany. Passionate, private, meticulous – Henry Lyte has begun to neglect his other responsibilities in the...
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007313327
SKU
9780007313327
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-5
About Jane Borodale
Jane Borodale studied site-specific sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art. She was recently Leverhulme writer-in-residence at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in Sussex. Her first novel, The Book of Fires, was shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Prize, and she lives in the West Country with her husband and two children.
Reviews for The Knot
'This is a perfect book for the green-fingered reader…Borodale excels for the detail of her research while telling an evocative story.' Historical Novels Society `Time flew as I was transported back to the Somerset Levels in the mid-sixteenth century … Jane Borodale exhibits a breathtaking knowledge of all things rural and horticultural, as well as embedding history within her narrative...
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