'THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS'

NEW 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES 

Meanwhile, 'Deadline' reports that PBS's Masterpiece will adapt Elizabeth Gilbert's THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS for the small screens. It is the second novel of the author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE inspired by the true-life adventures of real 19th century female botanical explorer! The lead heroine Alma Whittaker is a brilliant, determined, and thoroughly scientific woman, struggling to express her intellectual curiosity in a society where women’s lives are confined to the domestic sphere, and is equal parts Elizabeth Bennet and Charles Darwin.