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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ursula BuchanPublisher: Cornerstone Imprint: Windmill Books Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.278kg ISBN: 9780099558668ISBN 10: 0099558661 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 27 March 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews[A Green And Pleasant Land is] this year's most stimulating work of Horticultural History...an exhaustively researched, possibly definitive, and occasionally myth-dispelling account of the role of gardeners, amateur and professional, in World War II. Morning Star Informative and highly entertaining Daily Mail Meticulously researched, gripping and often humorous -- Leslie Geddes Brown Country Life Elegantly written and rich with horticultural vignettes Spectator Buchan's book provides an intriguing glimpse of horticultural life in war conditions ... [An] excellent book, both touching and informative on a historical level. Lady Author InformationUrsula Buchan studied modern history at Cambridge University, before training as a horticulturist at the RHS Gardens, Wisley and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She wrote a gardening column for a succession of national newspapers, including the Observer, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph, as well as The Spectator, for more than twenty-five years. Shehas published fifteen books and won two major writing awards from the Garden Media Guild. She was recently awarded the Garden Media Guild's Gardening Columnist of the Year 2011. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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