Description
| Product ID: | 9780300197266 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Making of the English Gardener |
| Subtitle: | Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660 |
| Authors: | Author: Margaret Willes |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social & cultural history, Cookery / food & drink etc, England, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1600 to c 1700 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The people and publications at the root of a national obsession In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England, making it a leading player in the European horticultural game. Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacular book trade spread this new knowledge still further—reaching even the growing number of gardeners furnishing their more modest plots across the verdant nation and its young colonies in the Americas. Margaret Willes introduces a plethora of garden enthusiasts, from the renowned to the legions of anonymous workers who created and tended the great estates. Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises, and practical manuals that inspired these men—and occasionally women—Willes's book enthrallingly charts how England's garden grew. |
| Imprint Name: | Yale University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Yale University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-07-20 |
