The Plant Hunter Av T.L. Mogford

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022 A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022 ''Highly recommended'' MICK HERRON ''A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life'' WILLIAM BOYD ''A riveting page-turner, rich with fascinating period detail'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH___________1867. King''s Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare and exotic flora. But each of the glossy emporiums is fuelled by the dangerous world of the plant hunters ¿ daring adventurers sent into uncharted lands in search of untold wonders to grace England''s finest gardens.Harry Compton is as far from a plant hunter as one could imagine ¿ a salesman plucked from the obscurity of the nursery growing fields to become ''the face that sold a thousand plants''.But one small act of kindness sees him inherit a precious gift ¿ a specimen of a fabled tree last heard of in The Travels of Marco Polo, and a map.Seizing his chance