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Earthly Joys
Book 1 in the Tradescant Novels series.
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John Tradescant the Elder rises from practical gardener to trusted servant of powerful Jacobean patrons. His work for Robert Cecil and later George Villiers gives him access to court while expeditions across Europe expand his collection of plants and curiosities.
Tradescant’s loyalty is tested as patronage draws him into royal politics and the growing conflict between Charles I and Parliament. The novel treats gardens as expressions of wealth, discovery and control while following one family’s attempt to secure independence.
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