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Historical person
1570–1638
John Tradescant the elder was an English gardener, collector and traveller in the early seventeenth century. His plant collecting and cabinet of curiosities helped shape the culture of natural history and aristocratic gardens in Stuart England.
In Philippa Gregory’s Earthly Joys, John Tradescant the Elder rises from practical gardener to trusted servant of powerful Jacobean patrons.
Series
The Tradescant novels are a two-generation biographical family saga inspired by the gardeners and collectors John Tradescant the Elder and John Tradescant the Younger. Their work for royal and aristocratic patrons connects the development of English gardens and collections to travel, scientific curiosity, patronage and the growth of…
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