![]() ![]() But Fitcher isn’t fooled for he knew Pierre Lambert and recognises this ‘man’ as Paulette Lambert, Pierre’s daughter. The man says he is Paul Lambert, nephew of the late French botanist Pierre Lambert. He catches a young man, tending to some plants. What he finds is a discarded ruin, but perhaps there is an opportunity to pinch some plants from here. In 1838, Frederick ‘Fitcher’ Penrose, an English plant-hunter, sails into in Port Louis, Mauritius and heads straight for the botanical gardens. ![]() (Note: Since this novel is the second in a trilogy, this review contains a couple of minor spoilers with regards to the first novel, Sea of Poppies) In some ways, Ghosh even ups his game and puts the reader under his seductive spell. Like the first novel, it is an absolute treat and for many of the same reasons. River of Smoke is the second part of Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy, following Sea of Poppies. ![]()
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