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Dangerous Garden: The Quest for Plants to Change Our Lives [Hardcover]

David Stuart (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 Mar 2004
Over the ages humans have sought out plants across the globe for many uses: to heal wounds, cure disease, soothe troubled minds, kindle love or evoke curious dreams. Gardener and botanist David Stuart tells the story of that search, and how the world of plants has interacted with the world of humans in the quest.

This is not only a story of soothing balms and heroic cures. Many plants have a dark side to balance the light, and most of the really powerful and effective plants are double-edged. They can heal or kill, calm us or enslave us, cure depression or roar us off to meet strange gods and monsters.





The relationship of humans and plants is a complex one. Stuart relates amazing tales of how the quest for plants has sparked wars, helped establish international trade routes and generated fortunes.

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln; REPRINT edition (1 Mar 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0711222657
  • ISBN-13: 978-0711222656
  • Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 19.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 939,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Here are wars, plagues, poisoners, poetry, moral campaigns, gourmets, explorers, charlatans, aphrodisiacs, gods, alcoholism, degradation, exploitation, epidemics, towering personalities, desperadoes and agony, to name a few. All this could hardly fail to be fascinating. A rare, absorbing book with the bonus of sumptuous illustration. A pleasure from first to last. (New Scientist )

... in an age when we seem to have all but forgotten how central plant products were to our lives before petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, Dangerous Garden redresses the balance ... it is to David Stuart's great credit that he has managed to extract and distil so much information and package it in such an intelligible and readable form (Gardens Illustrated )

This book should be on the wish list of every medical professional and plant enthusiast (Kew )

About the Author

David Stuart is a biologist and botanist, and has been a nurseryman and a Times journalist. He lives in Edinburgh.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Poisons, pox, pain and shamans 17 Jun 2004
By Bill Sikes
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fascinating. Stuart is a botanist and all-round plant-nut
who seems as interested in people as he is in flora. The
book is about people, in all their flawedness and craziness,
and their relationship with plants: to poison their husbands,
to get themselves lovers, to make lovers perform properly,
to cure themselves of plagues and poxes, to get high, to rid
themselves of tapeworms, and so on and on. All described with
an obvious relish, along with solid history and botany.
Deliciously salacious: on every page there are striking illustrations
of madmen, murderers, tapeworms, gods, and advertisements for
laudanum. Dip into the book anywhere and start reading to lose
yourself for hours.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Surpirise 21 Nov 2010
By Olive Mar
Format:Hardcover
This is the first time I write a review for any book I have purchased on Amazon. But I am enjoying this book so much, I wanted to share this information. It is enchanting read and full of interesting facts and stories. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in history and botany. Happy reading!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review 1 15 April 2012
By DaveyRavey
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This product arrived here on time, was as described and has been good to read about the history of garden plants.
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