简介：WithinKewGardensstandsanextraordinarygallery,celebratingtheworkofoneofthemostprolificbotanicalartistsoftheVictorianage.Atatimewhenwomenbarelylefttheirparlourrooms,MarianneNorth'sglobetrottingexploitsdefiedconventionasshetravelledaloneattheheightoftheBritishEmpire.FromBorneoandBrazil,toJapan,SouthAfrica,AustraliaandIndia,shefearlesslynavigatedtheworldtwiceoverinherpursuitofcapturingeverylivingplantoncanvas. ActressEmiliaFoxtellsthestoryofhowthisVictorianrebelchangedthefaceofbotanicalresearch,propellinghertothetopofamale-dominatedworldofscienceandexploration,gainingtheadmirationofCharlesDarwinandevenQueenVictoria.RetracingMarianne'sfootstepsandherpassionforthenaturalworld,Emiliarevisitstheawe-inspiringlocationsofsomeofhergreatestexperiences. WithexclusiveaccesstoKewGardensandMarianne'swealthofpersonalmemoirs,lettersandpaintings,thisisatantalisingtaleofavisionarywhorejectedmarriageandsocialconventionforapioneeringlifeofconservationandadventure.Herartisticlegacyremainsasmesmerisingtodayasitwasin1882whenhergalleryopenedatKewGardens.…