About this book
Green Gold combines meticulous research with the fictional narrative of plant hunter John Jeffrey's lost journals, revealing an extraordinary adventure. A fictional biography following the epic true story of Victorian plant hunter John Jeffrey, Green Gold traces the remarkable journey of a young Scottish botanist sent to collect seeds from the forests of North America in the 1850s, and whose fate remained a mystery for over a century. A second edition was published in 2026.
What people say
“A really remarkable combination of research, detective work, botanical expertise and imaginative writing.Fiona Stafford, author and Oxford professor