Daffodil: The Remarkable Story of the World's Most Popular Spring Flower

Noel Kingsbury (By (photographer)); Jo Whitworth (By (photographer))

There is no harbinger of spring like a field or garden filled with bright yellow daffodils. But the world of the daffodil is much more than just its place in the march of the seasons. It's a plant whose history starts with the tombs of the Pharaohs, through pre-Darwin evolutionary theory and Cornwall's...