The Tulip: The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad
by Anna Pavord
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- Hardcover
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- 1582340137
- ISBN 13
- 9781582340135
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The Tulip is not a gardening book. It is the story of a flower that has made men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into the world-wide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Pavord tells how the tulip arrived from Turkey and took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this beautifully produced and irresistible volume will become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book and a joy to all who possess it.
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- Title
- The Tulip: The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad
- Author
- Anna Pavord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1582340137
- ISBN 13
- 9781582340135
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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