The Tulip

The Story of a Flower That Has Made Men Mad

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Plant Life, Flowers, Science, Biological Sciences, Botany, History
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Author: Anna Pavord ISBN: 9781408859032
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: August 20, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Paperbacks Language: English
Author: Anna Pavord
ISBN: 9781408859032
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: August 20, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Language: English

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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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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