Beneath 9781800922570 Having abandoned her childhood dream

Having abandoned her childhood dream years ago

setting the scene for a tale of gleefully vicious betrayals and reprisals

the oldest

she knows the odds aren't in her favor

Beneath 9781800922570 Having abandoned her childhood dreamPrais, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson is dying. His last word is a womans name: Maram. But who was she? Searching for the answer, Adansons daughter discovers a journal of his youthful travels in Senegal, which tells a story of wild adventure and impossible desires. It reveals how he heard of a young woman sold into slavery who did the impossible and returned. How he became obsessed with finding her, whatever the cost. And how a man who