The writer's garden : how gardens inspired the world's great authors
Bennett, Jackie (Gardening writer)2023
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See inside the gardens where literary giants from Tolstoy to Agatha Christie created some of their finest works in this visually stunning and fascinating book. Discover the flower gardens, vegetable plots, landscapes and writing hideaways of 30 great authors - from Louisa May Alcott's 'Orchard House' where she wrote Little Women and Agatha Christie at Greenway, to Virginia Woolf at Monk's House and the Massachusetts home of Edith Wharton. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned photography plus archive images, and spanning centuries and continents, this book visits the homes and gardens that inspired novelists, poets and playwrights. It shows how outdoor spaces were important to writers in many different ways and offers insight into the lives and creative processes of beloved authors.
Main title:
The writer's garden : how gardens inspired the world's great authors / Jackie Bennett ; photography by Richard Hanson.
Author:
Bennett, Jackie (Gardening writer), authorHanson, Richard, photographer (expression)
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln, 2023.©2023
Collation:
238 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index.
ISBN:
9780711277168 (hbk)9780711277168
Dewey class:
820.9364712.60942820.936
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
543884
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 820.936 BEN | Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 |