Richard Mabey is the author of Food for Free, Flora Britannica, and Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants, among other books. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has narrated popular BBC television and radio series and written for the Guardian and Granta. He lives in Norfolk, England.
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A rich, sweeping, and compelling work of botanical history, The Cabaret of Plants explores dozens of plant species that for millennia have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty, and belief. G... SEE MORE