Green Retreats Women, Gardens and Eighteenth-Century Culture |
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| Author:
| Bending, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-62692-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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This lively and beautifully illustrated account follows some remarkable eighteenth-century women in their gardens. It tells the stories of aristocratic and genteel women through their letters, diaries and journals, and reveals what was at stake for women who stepped beyond the flower garden and created their own landscapes.
This lively and beautifully illustrated account follows some remarkable eighteenth-century women in their gardens. It tells the stories of aristocratic and genteel women through their letters, diaries and journals, and reveals what was at stake for women who stepped beyond the flower garden and created their own landscapes.