The signature of all things : a novel / Elizabeth Gilbert.

"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as 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 Phi...

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Main Author: Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, [2013]
Subjects:
Families > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Women botanists > Fiction.
Painters > Fiction.
Enlightenment > Fiction.
Industrial revolution > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Physical Description:501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part One. The tree of fevers
  • Part Two. The plum of White Acre
  • Part Three. The disturbance of massages
  • Part Four. The consequence of missions
  • Part Five. The curator of mosses.