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The Signature of All Things

by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Botanical exploration meets evolution and love.

If you harbor a love for botanicals, historical sagas, and rich character development, "The Signature of All Things" could plant itself snugly into your imagination. Elizabeth Gilbert weaves an epic with an enlightening blend of nature, science, and unrequited love, taking you from the quills of academia to the heart's desire. As you delve into Alma Whittaker's life, you'll find yourself rooting for her intellectual and emotional blossoming just as much as the exotic plants she studies.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2014)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Signature of All Things

by Elizabeth Gilbert
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ISBN: 9781408841907
Authors: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 115612 readers)

Description

In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure, and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker—a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction—into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist—but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe—from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and
 

Botanical exploration meets evolution and love.

If you harbor a love for botanicals, historical sagas, and rich character development, "The Signature of All Things" could plant itself snugly into your imagination. Elizabeth Gilbert weaves an epic with an enlightening blend of nature, science, and unrequited love, taking you from the quills of academia to the heart's desire. As you delve into Alma Whittaker's life, you'll find yourself rooting for her intellectual and emotional blossoming just as much as the exotic plants she studies.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2014)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.