LUNCHEON AND BOOK SIGNING WITH TATIANA HOLWAY Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, The Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created

Starts: Thursday 01/17/2019 12:00pm
Ends: Thursday 01/17/2019 1:30pm

Thursday, January 17, 2019

$50 per person

Luncheon, Lecture & Book Signing/Noon

In The Flower of Empire, Tatiana Holway tells the story of this magnificent lily, revealing how it touched nearly every aspect of Victorian life, art, and culture. Holway's colorful narrative captures the sensation stirred by Victoria regia in England, particularly the intense race among prominent Britons to be the first to coax the flower to bloom.  The fee includes an autographed copy of the book and lunch.