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The Tulip by Anna Pavord (Hardcover, 1999)

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The Tulip is not a gardening book. 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.

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This gift book tells the story of the tulip, from its origins as a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the world-wide phenomena it is today. The author traces the cultural significance of the tulip: how it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, and plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Roaming through Asia, India, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the author tells how the tulip arrived from Turkey and took the whole of Western Europe by storm. In the petals of the exquisite English florists' tulips, still exhibited in competition by members of the Wakefield Tulip Society in Yorkshire, runs the blood of flowers first grown by John Evelyn in the middle of the 17th century. Illustrated from a wide range of sources, the book also features descriptions of 80 wild-species tulips and several hundred garden varieties.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-139780747542964

eBay Product ID (ePID)91979912

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Book TitleThe Tulip

AuthorAnna Pavord

FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

TopicGardening

Publication Year1999

Number of Pages448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height246mm

Item Width189mm

Item Weight1639g

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Title_AuthorAnna Pavord

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by larkmik
10 Feb, 2024
A great read
If you like tulips 🌷 then this is the book for you. And if you don't it's still a great read. A really great read. So read it.
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by 2012marco1
31 May, 2016
Anna Pavord The Tulip
Great Book Great Quality
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