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An Almost Impossible Thing follows six hitherto little-known women gardeners in the years before the First World War

But could she ever be prepared for what hides within its turrets

and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold

it made me laugh

and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives

Chernobyl Dune An Almost Impossible Thing follows*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION 2018* *WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019* 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer 'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly being hailed as a classic' Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph On 26 April 1986 at 1. 23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled