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The Tulip - The Story of a Flower That Has Made Men Mad (Hardcover)
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The Tulip - The Story of a Flower That Has Made Men Mad (Hardcover)
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A revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling
classic Anna Pavord's now classic, internationally bestselling
sensation, The Tulip, is not a gardening book. It is the story of a
flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion
have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a
wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is
today. No other flower carries so much baggage; it charts political
upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and
busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Why did the
tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many
countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six
years looking for answers, roaming through eastern Turkey and
Central Asia to tell how a humble wild flower made its way along
the Silk Road and eventually took the whole of Western Europe by
storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this
irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a
universal gift and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully
redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a revised
listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose
for your garden and a reorganised listing of tulip species to
reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists.
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