{"product_id":"9781847928337","title":"Green Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic story of the plant kingdom, showing its staggering variety and ingenuity over half a billion years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An awesome book. Ben Dark is a master storyteller' \u003cb\u003eNIGEL SLATER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Utterly fascinating. I don't expect to read a better work of natural history this year' \u003cb\u003eBILL BRYSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the arrival of the first plants on land 484 million years ago to the globe-spanning diversity of flora we know today, \u003ci\u003eGreen Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003etraces the evolution of plant life across eons and continents, reanimating the lost worlds that shaped its course and dramatically expanding our vision of what it means to be a plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the stories of sixteen plant families, from the humble bog moss to the exquisite adaptations of the orchid, we witness how plant life colonised land, pioneered leaves, recruited fungi, formed seeds, manipulated animals and ultimately came to dominate our planet. Some take us to unrecognisable Earths, buried under twelve thousand years of ice or hidden in the blackout of an asteroid winter, others to a defining event in the planet's history, from volcanic chain eruptions and sudden glaciations to the gradual parting of continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInhabiting the lives and minds of the adventurers, poets, philosophers and scientists who pieced this epic story together, \u003ci\u003eGreen Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is both a hidden history of the Earth and a dynastic drama, as rich and unexpected as any story ever told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful book by a writer of spectacular gifts'\u003c\/b\u003e NICOLA SHULMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eGraven with Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound yet joyfully entertaining read' \u003c\/b\u003eJONATHAN DRORI, author of \u003ci\u003eAround the World in 80 Plants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wondrous' \u003c\/b\u003eSUE STUART SMITH, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Well Gardened Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dark is a fantastic writer and \u003ci\u003eGreen Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary example of his brimming talent'\u003c\/b\u003e MATT COLLINS, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tree Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unputdownable'\u003c\/b\u003e MARY KEEN, author of \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Keen Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bodley Head","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693894639989,"sku":"9781847928337","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781847928337.jpg?v=1793027349","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781847928337","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}