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Virgin Earth

by Philippa Gregory Book 2 in the Tradescant Novels series.

First published 1999

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4.4(2,548)

John Tradescant the Younger inherits his father’s vocation, collection and connection to the royal household. As England moves toward civil war, he travels to Virginia in search of plants and encounters Indigenous communities whose land is being transformed by English settlement.

Returning to a country divided between king and Parliament, John must protect his family and garden through war, Commonwealth and Restoration. His private loyalties mirror the disruption of political authority in England and colonial Virginia.

Historical Periods

Commonwealth and Protectorate1649–1660 CE Restoration1660–1685 CE Jamestown Colony1607–1699 CE First English Civil War1642–1646 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Historical Sagas War Fiction

Historical people

John Tradescant the Younger1608–1662 Charles I of England1600–1649

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