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As England descends into civil war, John Tradescant the Younger, gardener to King Charles I, finds his loyalties in question, his status an ever-growing danger to his family. Fearing royal defeat and determined to avoid serving the rebels, John escapes to the royalist colony of Virginia, a land bursting with fertility that stirs his passion for botany. Only the native American peoples understand the forest, and John is drawn to their way of life just as they come into fatal conflict with the colonial settlers. Torn between his loyalty to his country and family and his love for a Powhatan girl who embodies the freedom he seeks, John has to find himself before he is prepared to choose his direction in the virgin land.
In this enthralling, freestanding sequel to Earthly Joys, Gregory combines a wealth of gardening knowledge with a haunting love story that spans two continents and two cultures, making Virgin Earth a tour de force of revolutionary politics and passionate characters.
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Sven Hübner
reviewed Virgin Earth on March 24, 2009
Virgin Earth
I liked The Other Boleyn girl, so I thought this would be a good, fast read. The first 1/3rd was mildly interesting. I was hoping the character development would continue, but it abruptly stopped when she started focusing several chapters on the Royalists vs. Parliamentarians. It didn't really seem pertinent to the main story...if there was a main story. Gregory could have removed the entire middle of the book and saved readers from a 650+ page book that ended up being a waste of time (in my opinion). It was really challenging to read this novel because I was waiting for it to pick up again. It never really did. Characters that seemed like they would get an interesting treatment were put aside. Even John Tradescant was underdeveloped, in my opinion. There was a frustrating unbelievable lack of response or emotion from some characters and annoying, drawn-out, ok-we-get-it overdramatic responses from others. One of my least favorite novels, ever.
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