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The knot

Jane Borodale

2012304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780007431212
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780007313327
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780007356485
  • 2013HarperCollins Publishers Australia · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780007313334
  • 2013Magna Large Print Books · 459 pages · ENGISBN 9780750537698

1565. Across Europe, a new era of natural science is dawning. In a remote, damp corner of Somerset, an unlikely pioneer is working to change the course of English botany. Passionate, private, meticulous - Henry Lyte has begun to neglect his other responsibilities in the pursuit of knowledge. This has happened before, with disastrous results. Married again after the tragic death of his first wife Anys, Henry tries to forget the past, absorbed by his scholarly translation of Dutch 'Herbal' and by the intricate herb garden he is planting, with a Knot at its heart.

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