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- 2011288408 abstract "The 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.".
- 2011288408 contributor B12176513.
- 2011288408 created "c2010.".
- 2011288408 date "2010".
- 2011288408 date "c2010.".
- 2011288408 dateCopyrighted "c2010.".
- 2011288408 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-506) and index.".
- 2011288408 description "Machine 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?.".
- 2011288408 description "The 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.".
- 2011288408 extent "xxi, 520 p. :".
- 2011288408 identifier "0857400207 (Callisto hbk.)".
- 2011288408 identifier "1848871767 (Atlantic ltd. ed. : hbk.)".
- 2011288408 identifier "1848878346 (trade)".
- 2011288408 identifier "9780857400208 (Callisto hbk.)".
- 2011288408 identifier "9781848871762 (Atlantic ltd. ed. : hbk.)".
- 2011288408 identifier "9781848878341 (trade)".
- 2011288408 issued "2010".
- 2011288408 issued "c2010.".
- 2011288408 language "eng".
- 2011288408 publisher "London : Atlantic Books,".
- 2011288408 subject "635.9/33734 23".
- 2011288408 subject "Flowers Symbolic aspects.".
- 2011288408 subject "Plants and civilization History.".
- 2011288408 subject "Roses History.".
- 2011288408 subject "Roses.".
- 2011288408 subject "SB411 .P668 2010".
- 2011288408 tableOfContents "Machine 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?.".
- 2011288408 title "The rose : a true history / Jennifer Potter.".
- 2011288408 type "text".