The Botanist’s Daughter by Kayte Nunn involved painstaking research into 19th century Cornwall and Chile and was inspired by real-life, intrepid, female explorers of that era. It is 1886 in Cornwall, England, and Elizabeth’s father, John Trebithick, the adventurer, expert botanist and plant collector, has recently died. Elizabeth decides to fulfill her father’s ambition to … [Read more...] about The Botanist’s Daughter by Kayte Nunn – Book Review