The Tulip
The Story of a Flower That Has Made Men Mad
Published on 14. November 2019
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-5266-0268-8 (ISBN)
Description
A revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling classic
Anna Pavord's now classic, internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is not a gardening book. It is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. No other flower carries so much baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution.
Why did the tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six years looking for answers, roaming through eastern Turkey and Central Asia to tell how a humble wild flower made its way along the Silk Road and eventually took the whole of Western Europe by storm.
Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a revised listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose for your garden and a reorganised listing of tulip species to reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists.
Anna Pavord's now classic, internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is not a gardening book. It is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. No other flower carries so much baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution.
Why did the tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six years looking for answers, roaming through eastern Turkey and Central Asia to tell how a humble wild flower made its way along the Silk Road and eventually took the whole of Western Europe by storm.
Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a revised listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose for your garden and a reorganised listing of tulip species to reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists.
Reviews / Votes
Beautifully updated ... There is perhaps no other flower quite as political and theatrical as the tulip, and it is thanks to Pavord that we can now call ourselves true tulipomaniacs * Gardens Illustrated * A passionate masterpiece * Mail on Sunday * Well-spun and densely detailed ... A chronicle rather than a gardening book * New York Times * Anna Pavord is the grande dame of that school of British nature writing that is about beautiful things, beautifully written * The Times * Stunning * New Yorker * Ravishing * House & Garden *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-0268-8 (9781526602688)
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E-Book
11/2019
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€34.49
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E-Book
08/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
€17.59
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Person
Anna Pavord's books include The Naming of Names, The Curious Gardener and, her most recent work, Landskipping. Her column in the Independent appeared in it from its launch in 1986 to the last print edition in 2016. She writes and presents programmes for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and served for ten years on the Gardens Panel of the National Trust, the last five as Chairman. For the last thirty years she has lived in Dorset.