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Entangled
A Cabinet of Botanical Wonders
Fortunes lost over a single bulb, tea smuggled out of China, and plants that kill or cure. More than thirty-five plants that changed history.
Behind every empire's rise and beneath every garden wall lies a tale of entanglement between people and plants. This illustrated natural history follows spices and stolen seeds, legendary gardens, carnivorous curiosities, healing and poisonous botanicals, and the explorers who risked everything to find them.
Seven richly illustrated chapters take you from Eden to Babylon's hanging terraces, from willow bark to deadly foxglove, and from tulip mania to the plants that open the doors of perception.
INSIDE YOU WILL FIND
Tulip mania · Orchid fever · The blue poppy · Chinese tea smugglers
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