Good morning everyone I belong to two books clubs on here and these are the two books we’re reading this month.
I’m really enjoying The Fair Botanists, especially learning more about the moving and recreation of the botanical gardens in Edinburgh. Frenchman’s Creek is a great read too. I’ve only read a few books by Daphne Du Maurer but I’ve enjoyed them so I was excited to read another one by her. I have a few more pages to go before our discussion Thursday so hopefully I’ll finish it.
Do you belong to any book clubs? What books are you reading for it?
Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne Du Maurer
Lady Dona St Columb is tired with the shallowness of life at the Restoration Court. Despite always being at the heart of court intrigue, there is a secret Dona who longs for freedom and honest love, even if it is spiced with danger. She leaves London for Navron, her Cornish estate, seeking peace and solitude. But she finds that Navron is bring used as a base by a pirate – a Frenchman who, like Dona, would gamble his life for a moment’s joy. Her passion and thirst for adventure have never been more aroused, and together they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory.
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
Could one rare plant hold the key to a thousand riches?
It’s the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV’s impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly-installed Botanic Garden, the Agave Americana plant looks set to flower – an event that only occurs once every few decades.
When newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband’s aunt Clementina, she’s determined to put her unhappy past in London behind her. As she settles into her new home, she becomes fascinated by the beautiful Botanic Garden which borders the grand house and offers her services as an artist to record the rare plant’s impending bloom. In this pursuit, she meets Belle Brodie, a vivacious young woman with a passion for botany and the lucrative, dark art of perfume creation.
Belle is determined to keep both her real identity and the reason for her interest the Garden secret from her new friend. But as Elizabeth and Belle are about to discover, secrets don’t last long in this Enlightenment city . . .
And when they are revealed, they can carry the greatest of consequences . . .
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Looking forward to your thoughts about Frenchman’s Creek. I loved Rebecca on audio, and have My Cousin Rachel to listen to as well, as I’d like to read/listen to more of her work as well!
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