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001 2011288408
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020 $a9781848878341 (trade)
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020 $a9781848871762 (Atlantic ltd. ed. : hbk.)
020 $a1848871767 (Atlantic ltd. ed. : hbk.)
020 $a9780857400208 (Callisto hbk.)
020 $a0857400207 (Callisto hbk.)
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050 00 $aSB411$b.P668 2010
082 04 $a635.9/33734$223
100 1 $aPotter, Jennifer,$d1949-.
245 14 $aThe rose :$ba true history /$cJennifer Potter.
260 $aLondon :$bAtlantic Books,$cc2010.
300 $axxi, 520 p. :$bill. (some col.), map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 463-506) and index.
520 $aThe acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter sets out on a quest to uncover the life of a flower that has been viewed so hetrogenously by different cultures in different countries across the centuries. Beginning her story in the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower's long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders' role in bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gardens of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, Jennifer Potter reveals why this flower, above all others, has provoked such fascination.
505 0 $aMachine generated contents note: Origins -- 1.A Wild Youth -- 2.Aphrodite's Flower -- 3.Rome's Frenzy -- 4.Of Travels and Trade -- The Symbolic Rose -- 5.The Virgin's Bower -- 6.Sex and Sorcery -- 7.Secrets of the Rosy Cross -- Europe's Old Roses -- 8.Elizabeth's Briar -- 9.Dutch Masters -- 10.Memories of Malmaison -- Roses of East and West -- 11.Chinese Whispers -- 12.The Prophet's Rose -- 13.American Beauties -- The Useful Rose -- 14.A Cure for Divers Ills -- 15.The Housewife's Friend -- 16.Heaven's Scent -- Modern Times -- 17.Rose Mania -- 18.Into the Rose Garden -- 19.The Language of Flowers -- 20.Why the Rose?.
650 0 $aRoses.
650 0 $aRoses$xHistory.
650 0 $aPlants and civilization$xHistory.
650 0 $aFlowers$xSymbolic aspects.