The princess's garden : royal intrigue and the untold story of Kew
Berridge, Vanessa, 1955-2015
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The British obsession with gardening has fascinating roots. The Empire and trade across the globe created a fascination with exotic new plants, and showed the power and reach of Britain in the early eighteenth century. At that time, national influence was expressed in the design of parks and gardens such as Kew and Stowe, and the style of these grand gardens was emulated first throughout Britain and then increasingly around the world. Augusta Saxe-Gotha arrived in England aged sixteen, speaking barely any English, to be married to the wild Prince Frederick, the reviled oldest son of George II. Her lifelong association with Kew Gardens would prove to be one that changed the face of British gardening forever. Here, Berridge tells a tangled tale of royal intrigue, scandal, and determination in the Georgian court and draws us into the politically-charged world of garden design.
Main title:
The princess's garden : royal intrigue and the untold story of Kew / Vanessa Berridge.
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Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2015.
Collation:
255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445643205 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1101445
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