Anna Pavord
BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
- Title: The Tulip
- Description:
"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. From the Publisher Selected reviews of The Tulip‘The Tulip is a stylish book, beautifully illustrated’ The Times‘Anna Pavord’s book is a must’ The Express‘Promises to do for the Tulip what Longitude did for clocks and Fermat’s Last Theorem did for Maths.’ The Observer‘It should certainly be bought by all who love tulips. Those who do not are not necessarily past redemption and they should buy it too.’ Sunday Telegraph‘Tulips are clearly ready for a flamboyant resurgence… [a] gorgeous book’ The Independent on Sunday‘Tipped to set the publishing World alight’ The ScotsmanA magnum opus…Many people all over the world will want The Tulip very much indeed.’ Literary Review‘Anna Pavord’s irresistible book is sumptuously illustrated’ Country Homes and Gardens‘Beware: This seductive book could start tulipomania all over again.’ Harpers & Queen‘Beautifully written…a triumph of scholarship and a credit to Bloomsbury’ The Spectator‘This is a wonderful book… the flood of energy with which she surrounds her subject is breathtaking’ Irish Independent
