This is a charming, old-fashioned book * Literary Review * A captivating new book that explores our fascination with flowers . . . A delight * Daily Mail * Botanical miscellanies are not thin on the ground but few, if any, offer prose as cultured, scrupulous and engaging * The Spectator * A glorious tour de force . . . My hunch is that The Brief Life of Flowers will last long, evolving from perennial favourite to classic * Country Life * I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't enjoy this enchanting journey into the very heart of snowdrops, sunflowers, poppies, daisies, roses, and many other beloved flowers. Each is given its own chapter - a perfect pot-pourri of botanical information, history, literature, symbolism, art and herbalism, imaginatively illustrated * Daily Mail * A glowing account of the myths and meanings we impose on flowers . . . a book to reread and treasure * Sunday Times *
The beauty of flowers is well known, inspiring creative minds from Botticelli to Beatrix Potter. But they've also played a key part in forming the past, and may shape our future. Roses and thistles have served as symbols of monarchs, dynasties and nations. We wear poppies to remember the First World War, but it was the elderflower that treated its wounded soldiers. A rose might mend a broken heart, and sunflowers may just save our planet. At once enchanting and intriguing, The Brief Life of Flowers reveals how even the most ordinary of flowers have extraordinary stories to tell.
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Zustand: New. A collection of wide-ranging essays on Britain s best-loved flowers from the author of The Long, Long Life of TreesÜber den AutorFiona StaffordKlappentextrnrnCombining nature writing and memoir around the sub. Artikel-Nr. 260312936
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