The Pursuit Of Paradise: A Social History Of Gardens And Gardening by Jane Brown

The Pursuit Of Paradise: A Social History Of Gardens And Gardening

Jane Brown

377 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

Description

Full of fascinating characters - from suffragettes to ancient Greeks, from eccentric military men to Catholics in hiding from persecution - this text looks into how society's changes have altered our views of gardening, who does it, and how we do it.

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