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The riverside gardens of Thomas More's London

Title: The riverside gardens of Thomas More's London / C. Paul Christianson.
Author: Christianson, C. Paul.
Publication: New Haven [Conn.] : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, ©2005.

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Description

vii, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 25 cm

Summary

"All but forgotten today, eight historic gardens that once flourished along the length of the Thames in early Tudor London are here historically recreated and analysed in this richly illustrated book. One of the gardens belonged to Sir Thomas More and the others to politically powerful friends and acquaintances of his. The stories of these long-lost gardens, brought together here for the first time, shed new light not only on London's garden history and that of its first gardeners but also on the lives and outlooks of some of the most important figures within and around the court of Henry VIII."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.

Contents

Gardens productive and elegant -- Eight London gardens on the River Thames -- The London gardeners -- Tools of the gardeners' trade -- Garden design and innovation -- Garden pride and pleasure -- The uses of garden history.

ISBN

0300109059
9780300109054

LCCN

2005008416

OCLC

ocm58789226
58789226
SCSB-1377904

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library