Peter Parker

Broschiertes Buch

A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners

Beschreibung

The book, beautifully illustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, includes handy lists of identifying adjectives, and takes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour and eccentricity.

Autor

Peter Parker was born in Herefordshire and now lives and gardens in London's East End. He is the author of two books about the First World War, The Old Lie and The Last Veteran, biographies of J. R. Ackerley and Christopher Isherwood, and Housman Country: Into the Heart of England. He has written about plants and gardens for HORTUS and the Daily Telegraph, and is a former Chair of the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library Advisory Committee. He can be found online at www.peterparkerwriter.com, www.instagram.com/prnparker and www.twitter.com/PParkerWriting

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 125mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780349140698
• ISBN-10: 0349140693
• Artikelnr.: 59176916