Gardens for Gloriana by Jane Whitaker - 9781788311199

Name: Gardens for Gloriana by Jane Whitaker - 9781788311199
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Gardens for GlorianaWealth, Splendour and Design in the Elizabethan Garden\nAuthor(s): Jane Whitaker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781788311199, 978-1788311199\nSynopsis\nThe formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age. Complementing the great houses of the day, they reflected the aspirations of their owners, whose greatest desire was to achieve success at Court and to delight the Queen. No leading courtier would be without his great house, no great house was complete without its garden.\n\nIn this richly illustrated work, Jane Whitaker explores these gems of Elizabethan England, focusing on the gardens of the Queen and her leading courtiers. Drawing on the cultural and horticultural sources of the day, as well as evidence surviving on the ground, she recreates these lost gardens, revealing both the rich and Renaissance culture that underlay them and the sumptuous world of.