Fontainebleau, the Villa Caserta, the Peterhof Palace… twenty-one humble backyards around the world.
Royal Gardens of the World: 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond
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£35.00
Hardback978085783801824/09/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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The latest outing for this fine pairing takes in Monticello, Frank Lloyd Wright's garden, Central Park and many others.
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A fascinating, scholarly monograph rather than a picture book, but well illustrated; draws on pre-Islamic sources and the great Persian poets. Explores the role and symbolism of gardens in... read more
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In praise of curiosity: the author's investigations began when she found herself living next door to its two-acre remnant. Part biography, part memoir, part history of science, this is as in... read more
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AF has created an immense green Arcadia in Devon, informed by philosophy, art history, symbolism, alchemy and the classical world. This is a beautiful book with many illustrations and AF's d... read more

