A Paradise Out of a Common Field - The Pleasures and Plenty of the Victorian Garden by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards
In this lively account of the Victorian gardener’s heyday, developed from the radio series of the same name, Joan Morgan and Alison Richards show how the patterns and competitiveness of upper-class life shaped the head gardener’s role, while, at the same time, advances ranging from the widespread availability of thousands of new plants and improvements in glass-house technology to the rise of gastronomy gave him unprecedented scope to fulfil it.
This hardcover book is in good condition with minor imperfections to the dust jacket. Pages are in very good condition. Owner’s inscription inside cover.
ISBN 10: 0060160349 / ISBN 13: 9780060160340
Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers
Publication Date: 1990
