Liberty over London Bridge
A History of the People of Southwark
ISBN: HB: 9780300272208,
Yale University Press,
February 2024
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 32 colour and black&white illus., 2 maps
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 32 colour and black&white illus., 2 maps
The first complete history of Southwark, London's stubbornly independent community over the Thames.
Southwark's fortunes have always been tied to those of the City of London across the river. But from its founding in Roman times through to flourish...
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In The Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral
The Churchyard that Shaped London
ISBN: PB: 9780300273380,
Yale University Press,
August 2023
320 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 30 black&white illus., 21 colour illus., 3 maps
320 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 30 black&white illus., 21 colour illus., 3 maps
The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard – the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium.
St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known i...
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Domestic Herbal
Plants for the Home in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: HB: 9781851245130,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
August 2020
256 pp., 21,0x16,1 cm, 60 colour illus.
256 pp., 21,0x16,1 cm, 60 colour illus.
In the seventeenth century, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables and flowers for domestic use, while those of more modest establishments were vital to the survival of the household....
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Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
ISBN: PB: 9780300238686,
Yale University Press,
August 2018
304 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 47 colour illus., 18 black&white illus.
304 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 47 colour illus., 18 black&white illus.
Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times.
Pepys was earthy and shrewd,...
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Shakespearean Botanical
ISBN: HB: 9781851244379,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
October 2015
208 pp., 18,4x11,8 cm, 60 colour illus.
208 pp., 18,4x11,8 cm, 60 colour illus.
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", he is highlighting the late sixteenth-century belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In "Romeo and Jul...
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Gardens of the British Working Class
ISBN: PB: 9780300212358,
Yale University Press,
April 2015
388 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
388 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest...
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Making of the English Gardener
Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660
ISBN: PB: 9780300197266,
Yale University Press,
July 2013
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 24 colour images, 80 black&white illus.
In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England. Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacu...
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Reading Matters
Five Centuries of Discovering Books
ISBN: PB: 9780300164046,
Yale University Press,
April 2010
304 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 90 black&white illus.
304 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 90 black&white illus.
It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that until very recently books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book e...
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Pick of the Bunch
The Story of Twelve Treasured Flowers
ISBN: HB: 9781851243037,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
September 2009
224 pp., 19,4x19,4 cm, 70 colour illus.
224 pp., 19,4x19,4 cm, 70 colour illus.
The list of favorite flowers has remained remarkably constant over the centuries. From late-sixteenth, early seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish flower-pieces we can see what were considered desirable at that time: the rose, iris, carnation and lil...
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