The Rarest Fruit : The Life of Edmond Albius

The Rarest Fruit : The Life of Edmond Albius

Gaëlle Bélem

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FörlagBullaun Press
ISBN9781739842390

1829. Sainte-Suzanne, Bourbon Island. A Black orphan, a slave of only seven weeks, is placed - as if by fate - into the arms of Ferreol Beaumont, a botanist with a passion for orchids. He raises this child, Edmond, teaching him all he knows of the lush plants that populate his tropical garden. At t