The Lotus Quest

In Search of the Sacred Flower

Mark Griffiths

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English

Pimlico
01 June 2010

Gardening; Trees, wildflowers & plants; Travel writing

A magical botanical adventure- a writer's journey in search of the mystery of the Lotus, sacred flower of religions from Egypt to Japan.

The lotus is the world's most iconic flower. Galvanised by receiving seeds from a three-thousand-year-old lotus, which flowered without difficulty in an English summer, Mark Griffiths set out to track the path of this sublime plant to its home in the Lotus-Lands of Japan.

The Lotus Quest unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era, as Griffiths visits shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes, and meets priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists, and even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe.

Beautifully illustrated, intensely atmospheric and full of suspense, The Lotus Quest shows how the deep crimson of the lotus runs like a tracer dye, tracking the spread, fusion and fission of the world's great civilizations.

By: Mark Griffiths
Imprint: Pimlico
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9781845951009
ISBN 10: 184595100X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Griffiths is one of Britain's leading plant experts. He is editor of The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, the largest work on horticulture ever published, and the author or editor of numerous other books on gardening and botany. A Fellow of the Linnean Society, he has written regularly for The Times and now contributes to Country Life. He lives in Oxford.

Reviews for The Lotus Quest: In Search of the Sacred Flower

Beautifully written and full of human drama and suspense * Sunday Telegraph * With masterly precision, Griffiths traces the botanical, cultural, religious and artistic lore of the lotus from Japan to Egypt to India and to the West * The Times * A splendid account * Sunday Times * Full of interesting references -- Stephen Anderton * The Times *