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A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Gardening
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he highlights the belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast, knowing that ...Show more
The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn by Margaret Willes
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our ...Show more
The Domestic Herbal: Plants for the Home in the Seventeenth Century by Margaret Willes
$49.99 AUD
Category: Gardening
In the seventeenth century most English households had gardens. These gardens were not merely ornamental, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables, and flowers for domestic use. Meanwhile, more modest households considered a functional gard ...Show more
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