{"product_id":"the-forbidden-garden-of-leningrad-9781399714556","title":"The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the 2023 Wingate Literary Prize comes a fascinating and moving untold story of the Leningrad scientists who risked everything for the future of humanity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing story brilliantly told... It is as moving as it is gripping to read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Dimbleby, author of \u003ci\u003eEndgame: 1944\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, original and important story of courage and science in wartime \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoland Philipps, author of \u003ci\u003eA Spy Named Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad - now St Petersburg - and began the longest blockade in recorded history. By the most conservative estimates, the siege would claim the lives of three-quarters of a million people. Most died of starvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of the embattled city stood a converted palace that housed the greatest living plant library ever amassed - the world''s first seed bank. After attempts to evacuate the collection failed, and as s\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50015020024151,"sku":"9781399714556","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399714556.jpg?v=1739907754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forbidden-garden-of-leningrad-9781399714556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}