The Rose
by Potter, Jennifer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1848878346
- ISBN 13
- 9781848878341
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Atlantic Books, 2011-05-01. Main - Atlantic Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 241 x 180 mm. NO. This vividly written and lavishly illustrated book challenges many cherished beliefs about the rose. It looks set to establish itself as the definitive history of the Queen of Flowers. Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imagination in quite the same way. Wherever it has grown, human beings have projected on to it their dreams and aspirations. Celebrated as a sacred symbol and as a token of womanhood, the rose unites Venus with the Virgin Mary, the blood of Christ with the sweat of Muhammad, the sacred and the profane, life and death, the white rose of chastity and the red rose of consummation. In The Rose, the acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter shows what, exactly, gives this most fragrant flower its potency in societies around the world. Beginning her story in the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower's long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders' role in bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gardens of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, Jennifer Potter reveals why this flower, above all others, has provoked such fascination.Jacket has small scrape on the back.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fieldfare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FF1241
- Title
- The Rose
- Author
- Potter, Jennifer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Main - Atlantic Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1848878346
- ISBN 13
- 9781848878341
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2011-05-01
- Size
- 241 x 180 mm
- Keywords
- Rose, origins, symbol, evolution, Queen of flowers
- X weight
- 59 oz
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Sidmouth, Devon
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