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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrea WulfPublish date:2010-03-09Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307454751ISBN-10:307454754UPC:9780307454751Book Category:Gardening, HistoryBook Subcategory:Essays & Narratives, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 18th CenturySize:7.96 x 5.56 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC6QM970AA

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

A fascinating look at the men who made Britain the center of the botanical world--from the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature.

"Wulf's flair for storytelling is combined with scholarship, brio, and a charmingly airy style.... A delightful book--and you don't need to be a gardener to enjoy it." --The New York Times Book Review

Bringing to life the...



Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307454751ISBN-10:307454754UPC:9780307454751Book Category:Gardening, HistoryBook Subcategory:Essays & Narratives, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 18th CenturySize:7.96 x 5.56 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC6QM970AA
ANDREA WULF was born in India and moved to Germany as a child. She trained as a design historian at London's Royal College of Art . She is also the author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World and Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation and is coauthor (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens...
Publisher: Vintage

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