{"product_id":"secrets-of-the-gardens-book-jonathan-butler-9780956305411","title":"Secrets of the Gardens","description":"Beneath Drapers' Gardens, in what was once a damp and  uninviting quarter of the Roman city of  Londinium  lies the buried valley of the Walbrook, home to some of the more unpleasant  industries of the town, as well as some remarkable and unexpected  finds, including a hoard of metal objects buried in a fourth  century well. However, what really sets this site apart is both  the extraordinary preservation of finds due to the particular  soil conditions of the Walbrook Valley, and the sheer size of the  area investigated. A near complete urban street with associated buildings spanning many years of the Roman occupation was  uncovered. The land was purchased by the Drapers' Company in the  mid 16th century and remained open gardens for the next 400  years, contributing to the amazing preservation on site.   Secrets of the Gardens  is a lavishly illustrated, full colour, popular interim account of the excavations, aimed at the general  reader and published in advance of a fuller account in standard monograph format. It also includes sections on the Drapers'  Company history and the story of the construction of the new  building.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49558385230097,"sku":"GOR003064782","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0956305415.jpg?v=1751077071","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/secrets-of-the-gardens-book-jonathan-butler-9780956305411","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}