The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession

ISBN-13: 9780099502371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 384 str.

Andrea Wulf

Opis

From the scent of the exotic blooms in Tahiti and Botany Bay to the gardens at Chelsea and Kew, and from the sounds and colours of city streets to the staggering vistas of the Appalachian mountains, 'The Brother Gardeners' tells the story of how Britain became a nation of gardeners.

Recenzje

This absorbing and delightful book about 18th-century botanists stands out among histories of plant hunting ... Works superbly Jenny Uglow Sunday Telegraph

O autorze

Andrea Wulf was born India and moved to Germany as a child. She trained as a design historian at the Royal College of Art and is the co-author (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History. She has written for the Sunday Times, the Financial Times, Mail on Sunday, The Garden, the Architects' Journal, and regularly reviews for several newspapers, including the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. She is a regular contributor to BBC radio and television.