The botanist's daughter The Cold War A terrible crime

A terrible crime

his exuberance and his tendency to get into scrapes - particularly when drinking and

There's a cat and a dog and a solid silver frog

and sometimes astonishing marine organisms found on British coasts

The botanist's daughter The Cold War A terrible crimeIn Victorian England, headstrong adventuress Elizabeth takes up her late father's quest for a rare, miraculous plant. She faces a perilous sea voyage, unforeseen dangers and treachery that threatens her entire family. In present day Australia, Anna finds a mysterious metal box containing a sketchbook of dazzling watercolours, a photograph inscribed 'Spring 1886' and a small bag of seeds. It sets her on a path far from her safe, carefully ordered life,