Biography for Tom Hart Dyke is a botanist whose wild enthusiasm for plants in a Channel 4 To the Ends of the Earth documentary led Kathryn Flett of the Observer to describe him as 'the new David Bellamy'. Biography for Paul Winder is an inveterate traveller and explorer. When he isn't hacking his way through the jungle or climbing a mountain he works in the City of London. Tom lives in Kent and Paul lives in London.
'Funny, engrossing and moving... Throughout the dark days, the luminous personalities of Hart Dyke and Winder shine through' * Guardian * 'Part adventure story, part travel memoir, part personal revelation, The Cloud Garden is one of the most exciting and interesting books I have read for years' * Sunday Telegraph * 'Truly captivating' * The Scotsman * 'A terrifying but hilarious story of true British grit and eccentricity...An emotional rollercoaster of fear and farce' * Daily Mail * 'An amazing story, well-told, thrilling and moving...kidnapped by terrorists, held hostage at gunpoint, in fear of being beheaded...A mixture of hell and farce' * The Times *