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The Rose

By Jennifer Potter

The Rose

By Jennifer Potter

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For fans of Anna Pavord's The Tulip and Andrea Wulf's The Brothers Gardener, a vividly written and lavishly illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imagination in quite the same way. Here, the acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter sets out on a quest to uncover the life of a flower that has been viewed so hetrogenously by different cultures in different countries across the centuries. Beginning her story in the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower's long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders' role in bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gardens of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, Jennifer Potter reveals why this flower, above all others, has provoked such fascination.
Product details
Number of Pages:
560
Release Date:
2011-05-01
Publication Date:
2011-05-01
Publisher:
Atlantic Books (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1848878346
ISBN13:
9781848878341
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1644 g
Height:
184 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
42 cm
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