{"product_id":"books-the-gardens-of-the-vatican-by-linda-kooluris-dobbs","title":"The Gardens of the Vatican","description":"Twenty-seven years in the making, The Gardens of the Vatican is a private photographic tour of eight centuries of 'green thoughts in a green shade'.  The several gardens in the Vatican territory reflect the history of gardens in general.  In addition to the Persian-influenced quadrant gardens of the Teuton Cemetery and the Secret garden, adorned with lemon-trees in pots, there are gardens in the Italian, French and English styles.     The book is rich in anecdote and detail: Pope John XXIII liked to ramble along the pathways and chat with the gardeners.  His predecessor Pius XII wanted solitude, so the gardeners were obliged to hide.  There is a fragment of the Berlin Wall, a Chinese pavilion given by the Catholics of that country, and a gnarled old olive tree transplanted from Gethsemane in the Holy Land.       The Gardens of the Vatican offers a fascinating and inspiring glimpse of a bachelor's refuge, through eight centuries of history.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507686105361,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780711229709.jpg?v=1778132596","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-gardens-of-the-vatican-by-linda-kooluris-dobbs","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}