Details

Subject(s)

• Herbs—Folklore [Browse]
• Herbs—Religious aspects [Browse]
• Herb products [Browse]
• Herbs—Therapeutic use—History [Browse]
• Herb gardening [Browse]
• Cooking (Herbs) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Trivia and miscellanea [Browse]

Summary note

This book is not the usual herbal; not a homeopathic handbook, a cookbook or a gardener's consort; not even a compendium of history or lore, though these are its favourite pursuits. At heart, it is a tale of humanity's poignant relationship with nature. Told in short vignettes, profusely illustrated and sprinkled with personal asides, it touches broadly on the role of plants in legend, in religion, in medicine, commerce, crafts and tradition, in literature, language, politics, beauty, in the rise and fall of empires, in food and manners, in love, in murder, and in crushing social passions. Publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and index.

ISBN

• 1443856878
• 9781443856874

OCLC

973371940

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