The princess's garden : royal intrigue and the untold story of Kew / Vanessa Berridge.

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 wasn't measured by sporting success, musical or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berridge, Vanessa, 1955- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2015.
Subjects:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew > History. Augusta, > Princess of Wales, > 1719-1772. Frederick Louis, > Prince of Wales, > 1707-1751. Bute, John Stuart, > Earl of, > 1713-1792. Gardening > England > History > 18th century. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Gardening. England. 1700 - 1799 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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