From the acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles,Elizabeth Jane Howard,Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants,Gardens and Gardeners brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries,the seasons and the species.Elizabeth Jane Howard once said that she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a writer first. This collection is a testament to that passion.The contents are delightfully eclectic and wide-ranging,practical as well as lyrical - she pays homage to the great English landscape artists of the eighteenth century and to the great women gardeners such as Vita Sackville-West. There's advice from Pliny on how walnuts can be used to dye hair and Joseph Addison encourages blackbirds to gorge on his cherry trees. Linking the numerous extracts is Elizabeth Jane Howard's perceptive and highly personal commentary,which skilfully leads the reader from one subject to the next.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning,pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529050738Number of pages: 256Weight: 150 gDimensions: 158 x 101 x 17 mm
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Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Jane Austen of her time,Elizabeth Jane Howard wrote some of the most intimate,acute and penetrating novels of the Twentieth-Century including the book considered to be her masterpiece,The Long View,but she is best-known for herCazaletnovels,tracing a family from the 1930's through wartime and beyond.
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