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The first complete history of Southwark, London’s stubbornly independent community over the Thames

The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium

The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium

Looks at all the uses of plants in the home in the 17th century, from their use in cooking and brewing to medicine and cosmetics, the making and caring of clothes, and decoration.

An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. B...

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Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises and practical manuals that inspired the gardeners of the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the Restoration, this book charts how England's garden grew.

This magnificently illustrated people‿s history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest records of the laboring classes in the country to today, Margaret Willes's research unearths lush gardens nurtured outside rough workers‿ cottages and horticultural miracles performed in blackene...

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession

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A gift book which pairs 50 Shakespearean quotations around flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables with exquisite hand-painted engravings from the Bodleian Library's copy of John Gerard's herbal of 1597. There is additional text providing social context.

Tells the tale of twelve favourite flowers and looks at their social history, how they got their names, how they arrived in our gardens, how they were bought and displayed, and who were their devotees. From the 16th century onwards.