Pretty Maids
Thirty Remarkable Women and the Flowers Named After Them
Published on 1. August 2019
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-912213-85-6 (ISBN)
Description
This unique book celebrates the lives of many remarkable women and the beauty of the flowers dedicated to them. Thirty 'Pretty Maids' are included in the book with biographies of each, illustrated with photographs and paintings. Complementing each maid is an image of their eponymous flower, as well as horticultural notes on how to grow it to the best advantage. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Reviews / Votes
-Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh-Publishing in support of the Caron Keating Foundation
'Pretty Maids' included: Adelina Patti, Beryl Reid, Caron Keating, Constance Spry, Elizabeth Casson, Elizabeth Fry, Ellen Willmott, Emma Hamilton, Emily Bronte, Gertrude Jekyll, Gloriana, Grace Kelly, Isobel Barnett, Jacqueline du Pre, Lady Boothby, Lucy Locket, Madam Speaker, Marie Curie, Natasha Richardson, Nell Gwynn, Nellie Melba, Nora Barlow, Octavia Hill, Odette, Rosamund Clifford, Sarah Bernhardt, Shirley Temple, Sue Ryder, Susan Williams-Ellis and Vera Lynn. -- Publisher: Graffeg
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardiff
United Kingdom
Illustrations
60+ Colour and Black and White Photographs and artworks
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912213-85-6 (9781912213856)
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Person
Mari Griffith turned to writing historical fiction after a working lifetime of presenting, producing and directing a variety of programs for the BBC and other broadcasters. She is the author of Root of the Tudor Rose and The Witch of Eye.