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'Lavish, lushly illustrated... Ambitious... richly kaleidoscopic... Jennifer Potter has succeeded in uncovering just why the rose has insinuated itself so tenaciously into the consciousness of every age and corner of the world.' -- Kate Colquhoun, Sunday Times
'A fascinating story... Lavishly filled with beautiful paintings from the whole span of Western history... A seductive pedigree beast.' -- The Times
'Truly sumptuous... Beautiful... This handsome volume plays to Jennifer Potter's strengths as a historian... A magnificent, wide-ranging study... A generous and impressive present. It is the finest disquisition published thus far on the early history and symbolism of the rose.'
-- Daily Telegraph --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
'A fascinating story... Lavishly filled with beautiful paintings from the whole span of Western history... A seductive pedigree beast.' -- The Times
'Truly sumptuous... Beautiful... This handsome volume plays to Jennifer Potter's strengths as a historian... A magnificent, wide-ranging study... A generous and impressive present. It is the finest disquisition published thus far on the early history and symbolism of the rose.'
-- Daily Telegraph --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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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. 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.
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Format:Hardcover
This book is incredibly hard to read because every line can take you on a journey. You feel compelled to make notes to attempt poetry of your own. It is simply a book you will always have to hand and will read over and over again throughout your life. They will never end up in second hand shops. Simply the best book you could wish to buy. It may seem expensive but its beautifully crafted and an amazing read. So if you want one you will have to by your own copy and it will be with you any time you feel like being creative. Just pick it up and start your journey. If you love Roses you will adore them and connect to them when you read this book. I absolutely recommend you buy it.
Format:Hardcover
this ones hard to categorise. gardenning, history memoires.it could fit into so many categories. i find it totally engrossing and its the kind of book you can read over and over again and get something new each time
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