Not one of my favourite Phillipa Gregory books, lots of pages and little writing.... i found it very slow and repetitive with not much of a storyline. ( )

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Une histoire fantastique de l'Angleterre au 17ème siècle au moment de la guerre civile (charles 1er) vue à travers les yeux de John Tradescant jardinier du roi et botaniste connu pour les nombreuses plantes qu'il a introduite en UK. ( )

I've never met a Philippa Gregory book I haven't liked and for the most part it's still true about Virgin Earth. I really enjoyed it right up until the last few pages. I found the ending deeply unsatisfying. ( )

John Tradescant was a Gardener to King Charles I. He also collected rare and unusual items to put on display at his home. When the King started a war with parliment, his loyalties were divided. John traveled to Jamestown, Virginia, his second wife and childen stayed in England to take care of his gardens and rarities. In Virginia, he collected new and unusual plants to sell back home in England. He tried to live in Jamestown, he bought land, and married an indian woman. Life became to hard, eventually he went back to England.
I learned a lot about all different kinds of plants and how they took care of them in 1638. They used glass domes over melon plants to protect them from the weather. They brushed snow off of new trees to keep the branches from freezing and breaking. Little tidbits like that made the story more interesting ( )