A magical botanical adventure- a writer's journey in search of the mystery of the Lotus, sacred flower of religions from Egypt to Japan.
Mark Griffiths is one of Britain's leading plant experts. He is editor of The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, the largest work on horticulture ever published, and the author or editor of numerous other books on gardening and botany. A Fellow of the Linnean Society, he has written regularly for The Times and now contributes to Country Life. He lives in Oxford.
Beautifully written and full of human drama and suspense
*Sunday Telegraph*
With masterly precision, Griffiths traces the botanical, cultural,
religious and artistic lore of the lotus from Japan to Egypt to
India and to the West
*The Times*
A splendid account
*Sunday Times*
Full of interesting references
*The Times*
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