Earthly Joys (edit title)

Jennifer edited the series of Earthly Joys Saturday, October 10 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Earthly Joys book 1 (Primary series)

Amanda approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 4 books, including Earthly Joys, Friday, September 11 2009.

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 4 books, including Earthly Joys, Saturday, September 5 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Earthly Joys Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Whether he is nurturing a single rare seedling into a blossoming tree or planning acres of exquisitely conceived royal gardens, John Tradescant's fame and skill as a gardener are unsurpassed in seventeenth-century England. But it is Tradescant's clear-sighted honesty and loyalty that make him an invaluable servant, and in his role as informal confidant during garden strolls with Sir Robert Cecil, adviser to King James I, he witnesses the making of history, from the Gunpowder Plot to the accession of King Charles I and the growing animosity between Parliament and court. Tradescant's talents soon come to the attention of the most powerful man in the country, the irresistible Duke of Buckingham, the lover of King Charles I. Tradescant has always been faithful to his masters, but Buckingham is unlike any he has ever known: flamboyant, outrageously charming, and utterly reckless. Every certainty upon which Tradescant has based his life -- his love of his wife and children, his passion for his work, his loyalty to his country -- is shattered as he follows Buckingham to court, to war, and to the forbidden territories of human love. From the details of garden design and innovation to the politics of a growing revolution which was to kill a king and turn a world upside down, Philippa Gregory once again makes history come alive through the people whose passions shaped that world.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Earthly Joys Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Philippa Gregory: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Earthly Joys Friday, July 17 2009.

• The daffodils would be fit for a king.