This book shows how various plants were used for cooking and brewing, medicines and cosmetics, in the making and care of clothes, and... Læs mere
Taking fifty quotations centring on flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables, this book marries the beauty of Shakespeare’s lines with charming contemporary renderings of the plants he described so vividly.
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
The first complete history of Southwark, London’s stubbornly independent community over the Thames
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book shows the social, cultural and historical importance of plants and their role in both formal and folk medicine.