A Little History of British Gardening
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A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow
how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a summer day out - but also to read in your deckchair with a glass of cold wine, when dead-heading is simply too much.
The book charts gardening right up to the present day, looking at the spike in demand for allotments and the current boom in naturalistic gardeningThis isn’t a dry historical reference book, it’s filled with interesting anecdotes and asides that bring all the eras to life -- Rachael Funnell * English Garden *
Uglow's account of a national obsession is a delight from beginning to end * The Observer *
This book will be a joy for any gardener * The Independent *
The biographer of Gaskell and Hogarth now takes us into the garden, where plants glow and miniature landscapes unfold at the touch of her easy prose * Sunday Telegraph *
Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating * Daily Mail *
Uglow's account of a national obsession is a delight from beginning to end * The Observer *
This book will be a joy for any gardener * The Independent *
The biographer of Gaskell and Hogarth now takes us into the garden, where plants glow and miniature landscapes unfold at the touch of her easy prose * Sunday Telegraph *
Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating * Daily Mail *
Jenny Uglow writes on literature, art, and social history. Her books include award-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth and Thomas Bewick, as well as a study of Sarah Losh, a surprising Victorian architect and visionary,and group studies including The Lunar Men and the panoramic In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon’s Wars, 1793-1815. She is now writing on Edward Lear. Jenny lives in Canterbury, and has four grown up children and seven grandchildren. She was created an OBE in 2008, and was Chair of the Royal Society of Literature 2014-2016.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784740313 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784740314 |
| Title | A Little History of British Gardening |
| Author | Jenny Uglow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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