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Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
An international bestseller—and a sweeping love story set between the wars.
In the 1930s, an English country house and garden is decaying. How is it to be saved? In love with Daisy, its heir Kit Dysart decides to marries the rich heiress Matty. Nervous and unhappy though she is, Matty is no fool and knows that her marriage is one of convenience and the house is full of ghosts. Summoning her courage and determination, she begins to restore
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Publisher
Macmillan and Co
Pub. Date
1901.
Language
English
Description
This excellent memoir by the Commander of the First Division, then of Third Corps, and finally of the 2nd Army during World War I. He led his army at the Battle of Cantigny, the first sustained American offensive of the First World War.
Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard (January 5, 1861—September 11, 1947) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He was involved in conflicts in the American Western Frontier, the Philippines, and World...
Author
Language
English
Description
An elegant new edition of a classic book from one of the twentieth century's greatest garden writers.
This landmark work on creating a garden was first published in 1956 and has rarely been out of print since. We Made a Garden is the story of how Margery Fish, one of the leading British gardeners of the mid-20th century, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook...
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
From castle to cottage, nearly every medieval dwelling possessed an enclosed plot for growing herbs, food, and flowers. This illustrated survey of gardening lore from the era between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance reveals a wealth of ancient secrets. Drawn from obscure sources-scraps of parchment from account rolls, charters, surveys, and registers-the book provides hitherto inaccessible knowledge about the plans, organization, and common...
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