Gardener To The King

Author : Frédéric Richaud
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781559705837
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardener to the King written by Frédéric Richaud and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As gardener to His Majesty, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is master of his own domain, the royal fruit and vegetable garden. Louis' generals might proclaim the power of France abroad, but La Quintine's espaliers and vegetable plots assert nothing less than man's mastery over nature; a garden that can feed a thousand at a sitting, standards of pruning that in three hundred years have never been surpassed."--Jacket.

Author : Michael King
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardening with Grasses written by Michael King and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 1998 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a selected plant catalogue of annual grasses; perennial grasses, rushes and sedges; and bamboos.

Author : Ian Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1582346313
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sun King's Garden written by Ian Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated account of the creation of one of the world's most dazzling and extensive gardens, the gardens at the palace of Versailles, noting the unique four-decade friendship between Louis XIV, the creator of the garden, and Andre Le Ntre, the gardener.

Author : Laurie R. King
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0593496566
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to the Garden written by Laurie R. King and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life—with potentially fatal consequences—in this gripping standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. A magnificent house, vast formal gardens, a golden family that shaped California, and a colorful past filled with now-famous artists: the Gardener Estate was a twentieth-century Eden. And now, just as the Estate is preparing to move into a new future, restoration work on some of its art digs up a grim relic of the home’s past: a human skull, hidden away for decades. Inspector Raquel Laing has her work cut out for her. Fifty years ago, the Estate’s young heir, Rob Gardener, turned his palatial home into a counterculture commune of peace, love, and equality. But that was also a time when serial killers preyed on innocents—monsters like The Highwayman, whose case has just surged back into the public eye. Could the skull belong to one of his victims? To Raquel—a woman who knows all about colorful pasts—the bones clearly seem linked to The Highwayman. But as she dives into the Estate’s archives to look for signs of his presence, what she unearths begins to take on a dark reality all of its own. Everything she finds keeps bringing her back to Rob Gardener himself. While he might be a gray-haired recluse now, back then he was a troubled young Vietnam vet whose girlfriend vanished after a midsummer festival at the Estate. But a lot of people seem to have disappeared from the Gardener Estate that summer when the commune mysteriously fell apart: a young woman, her child, and Rob’s brother, Fort. The pressure is on, and Raquel needs to solve this case—before The Highwayman slips away, or another Gardener vanishes.

Author : Michael King
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perennial Garden Design written by Michael King and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful book instructs gardeners in all aspects of designing with perennials, from color schemes to matching different styles of gardens. Full color.

Author : Fanny Deschamps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King's Garden written by Fanny Deschamps and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Phillips
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795350775
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sword, the Garden, and the King written by Michael Phillips and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Christian fantasy novel for children of all ages, a young boy embarks on a perilous adventure to save the creatures of a magical forest. When fourteen-year-old Matthew Robinson enters the Forest of Pellanor, he and his brother and sister have no idea what’s in store for them. All of Pellanor has been waiting for them to rescue its creatures from a danger that threatens the forest families and the life they have known. But to defeat the evil deceiver Argon, Matthew must first master his courage—and his faith. Noted devotional author Michael Phillips delivers a delightfully engaging Christian allegory in the tradition of George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis.

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074328660X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earthly Joys written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the passionate, turbulent times of seventeenth-century England as seen through the eyes of the country’s most famous royal gardener. John Tradescant’s fame and skill as a gardener are unsurpassed in seventeenth-century England, but it is his clear-sighted honesty and loyalty that make him an invaluable servant. As an informal confidant of Sir Robert Cecil, adviser to King James I, he witnesses the making of history, from the Gunpowder Plot to the accession of King Charles I and the growing animosity between Parliament and court. Tradescant’s talents soon come to the attention of the most powerful man in the country, the irresistible Duke of Buckingham, the lover of King Charles I. Tradescant has always been faithful to his masters, but Buckingham is unlike any he has ever known: flamboyant, outrageously charming, and utterly reckless. Every certainty upon which Tradescant has based his life—his love of his wife and children, his passion for his work, his loyalty to his country—is shattered as he follows Buckingham to court, to war, and to the forbidden territories of human love.

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Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 : 9780881927443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardening with Tulips written by and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial guide presents a fresh approach to using these popular bulbs in contemporary gardens. The book begins with a history of tulips and moves on to design approaches and tips for various plant combinations. Twenty groups of tulips are described in detail, and a separate chapter deals exclusively with color varieties, making it easy for readers to choose tulips to create a wide palette of color combinations in their garden. Complete growing and maintenance instructions are also provided.

Author : Frédéric Richaud
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9781860467783
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardener to the King written by Frédéric Richaud and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2000 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 1674 - Louis XIV, one of Europe's greatest sovereigns, celebrates his armies' victory over Holland. At Versailles, the favourite of the royal residences, everything must reflect the glory of the Sun King. In this world of pomp and show, one man remains detached from the procession of servants, soldiers, politicians, diplomats, flatterers and self-seekers that daily surround the King. As gardener to His Majesty, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is master of his own domain, the royal fruit and vegetable garden. Louis' generals might proclaim the power of France abroad, but La Quintinie's espaliers and vegetable plots assert nothing less than man's mastery over nature: a garden that can feed a thousand at a sitting, standards of pruning that in three hundred years have never been surpassed. Once a lawyer who turned his back on a brilliant career to pursue his love of horticulture, La Quintinie became, in the process, an artist. His skill is admired by the King and revered by savants, his freedom is envied by all - the rhythms he observes are not those of the courtly dance but of the seasons. As the autocratic might of the King fuels the rising hysteria around him, La Quintinie's wide humanitarian sympathies are with the soil and those who live by it. For the kitchen garden at Versailles harbours not only a great courtier, gardener and provider, but also a secret radical.