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Seven Flowers - And How They Shaped Our World (Paperback, Main)
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Seven Flowers - And How They Shaped Our World (Paperback, Main)
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List price R402
Loot Price R320
Discovery Miles 3 200
You Save R82 (20%)
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA AWARDS, INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF
THE YEAR** The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and
orchid: seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises
and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle yet
powerful ways. But what is the nature of their power and how did it
develop? Why have these particular plants become the focus of
gardens, literature and art? In order to find the answers, author
and horticultural historian Jennifer Potter tracks this septet of
flowers across the globe as she examines the influence they have
had on civilizations through the ages. These are both histories and
detective stories, full of incident and unexpected revelations.
Here are the flowers of life and death; of purity and passion; of
greed, envy and virtue; of hope and consolation; of the beauty that
drives men wild. All seven demonstrate the enduring ability of
flowers to speak metaphorically - if we could only decode what they
have to say.
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