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The Botanist's Daughter

By: Kayte Nunn
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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A buried secret... 

Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother's house. But when she discovers a box hidden in a wall cavity, containing water colours of exotic plants, an old diary and a handful of seeds, she finds herself thrust into a centuries-old mystery. One that will send her halfway across the world to Kew Gardens and then onto Cornwall in search of the truth.

A lady adventurer...

1886: Elizabeth Trebithick is determined to fulfil her father's dying wish and continue his life's work as an adventurer and plant-hunter. So when she embarks on a perilous journey to discover a rare and miraculous flower, she will discover that the ultimate betrayal can be found even across the seas...

Two women, separated by centuries. Can one mysterious flower bring them together?

©2019 Kayte Nunn (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Coming of Age Europe Genre Fiction Great Britain Historical Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt Adventure

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'The whole book is a delight... Perfect reading whilst sipping a g & t in a beautiful garden somewhere in the sun!' Rosanna Ley
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Oh dear! Have just finished the Botanist's daughter and am left with a feeling of disappointment. The story had charm and unlike some other reviewers, I found it interesting and engaging. But, and it's a big BUT the narrator's accents were so appalling that I moved from finding them amusing, to irritating and finally unbearable. The Cornish accent is a mixture of Irish, Caribbean with a dose of Dick Van Dyke cockney. The London Kew Garden botanist 'Ed' is clearly based on Hugh Grant from Four Weddings and a Funeral, with his ever so British expletives, his 'floppy fringe' and his habit of calling Anna by her surname 'Jenkins'. Add to this my suspicion that the author has based her impression of Cornwall from watching the BBC's 'Poldark' and I was left with a frustration that a sweet story I actually enjoyed, had been hijacked by bad accents and clichés.

Had potential but ruined by terrible narration

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it's a lovely story full of surprises but could have been a little more detailed and thought through. the narrator's voice was nice but attempts for accents were spoiling it a little.

lovely summer reading

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slow to begin with, but so beautiful. loved the explanations of plants I felt I was in the garden with them. twist, didnt see it coming a lovely read

slow to begin keep going

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I was so disappointed in this book. Feel embarrassed to face my bookclub as this book was suggested by me! I ended up to speeding it up and only half listening at the end. I also found the narrator irritating and her attempt at accents and also pronunciation was laughable. Full of clichés, far fetched, too much jumping around. No character development, all rather predictable. It certainly put me off reading any more books by the author. It seemed like she had not done enough research or perhaps is not well travelled/educated.

Poor narration really spoiled it for me

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The book was beautifully written, however the voice of the narrator was rather annoying. She made everyone sound so old and weird. I didn’t like it. Will definitely purchase this book to add into my home library.

Voice intonation not good

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