Sweet Days and Roses by Leslie Geddes-Brown

Sweet Days and Roses by Leslie Geddes-Brown

"Sweet Days and Roses" is a celebration of the joys of gardening. Witty and moving, reflective and anecdotal, it brings together some of the best garden writing of the past five centuries.

Anyone looking for a present for a garden lover will find "Sweet Days and Roses" an ideal gift"An anthology of garden writing", it contains a range of garden poetry, prose, observations and memories from authors as diverse as Napoleon Bonaparte and Miriam Rothschild, Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe, Gertrude Jekyll and William Shakespeare. Modern day writers such as the Irish queen of gardening, Helen Dillon, the eccentric and ascerbic Christopher Lloyd, the doyenne of gravel and shade gardens, Beth Chatto and more all entertain with their horticultural thoughts and views. Poems evoke images only poets can truly put into words and demonstrate how gardens and nature have such a profound influence on our literary heritage. Accompanied by attractive line drawings and photographs it has been brought together by Leslie Geddes-Brown, magazine editor and prolific garden and interiors writer, making this a gift one may well be terribly unwilling to give... - Lucy Watson

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ISBN 13	9781841724072
ISBN 10	1841724076
Title	Sweet Days and Roses
Author	Leslie Geddes Brown
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Year published	2003-04-01
Number of pages	160
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