England's Magnificent Gardens: How a Billion-Dollar Industry Transformed a Nation, from Charles II to Today
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Create Date：2021-05-30 05:31:10
Update Date：2025-09-07
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Author：Roderick Floud
ISBN：1101871032
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Reviews
Catie，
Review copy provided by publisher - May 2021
Rachel，
England's Magnificent Gardens by Roderick Floud is an excellent nonfiction account of the ins and outs of several aspects， including the economic history and status， of the English Garden entity that was thoroughly fascinating from beginning to end。There are many books on the concepts of the English Garden， the history， the types of plants， the architecture， the designers， the appearances， the types of plants。。。I could go on and on， and I have read many of these books myself。 However， I have yet England's Magnificent Gardens by Roderick Floud is an excellent nonfiction account of the ins and outs of several aspects， including the economic history and status， of the English Garden entity that was thoroughly fascinating from beginning to end。There are many books on the concepts of the English Garden， the history， the types of plants， the architecture， the designers， the appearances， the types of plants。。。I could go on and on， and I have read many of these books myself。 However， I have yet had the privilege to read such an expansive， yet concise and well-streamlined book that covers so much about the ways in which the "English Garden" itself as an entity has shaped， molded， affected， and transformed the county as whole。 It was fasincating to see how the societal expectations， preferences， and changes that took place and how that helped mold/shape and altered the country's rich history in general。 To step back and see the concept as a whole， to see how many different facets of the economy， society， and life for not only the owners， but also laborers， suppliers， agricultural workers， and so on were pieces to this overarching puzzle was extraordinary。This book gave me a different look at how much of England's history was affected， enriched， and changed throughout all of the respective generations of the quintessential "English Garden" concept。 The author clearly has performed his due research， and it clearly shows that he has extensive knowledge and passion in regards to this subject。 The descriptions and attention to detail were fantastic， but yet appropriate and streamlined。 I have learned so much just from reading this book and highly recommend it。 It was definitely a bigger part of history then I could have even imagined。This book is for anyone interested in not only the history of the English garden， but also English history in general， gardening， and anyone that enjoys learning more about how different facets of agriculture can affect a country as a whole。 Excellent。5/5 starsThank you EW and Pantheon for this wonderful arc and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion。 I am posting this review to my GR and Bookbub accounts immediately and will post it to my Amazon， Instagram， and B&N accounts upon publication。 。。。more
