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1 online resource (365 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction; Chapter One; How to Make . . . An Ever-Living Wreath; Chapter Two; How to Make. . . May Wines, Mulled Wines and Mead; Chapter Three; How to Make . . . A Herbal Odyssey; Glimpses across the Centuries; Chapter Four; How to Make. . . An Elizabethan Party; Chapter Five; How to Make. . . Your Own Herbal Valentines; Chapter Six; How Not to Make. . . A Fatal Mistake; Chapter Seven; How to Make . . . Fragrant Candles, Pomanders and Potpourris; Epilogue: Seeds for Survival; Works Consulted |
| Summary |
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. It. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Herbs -- Folklore.
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Herbs -- Folklore. |
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Herbs -- Religious aspects.
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Herbs -- Religious aspects. |
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Herb products.
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Herb products. |
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- History.
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use. |
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History. |
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Herb gardening.
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Herb gardening. |
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Cooking (Herbs)
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Cooking (Herbs) |
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Electronic books.
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Folklore.
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History.
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Herbal treatments. |
| ISBN |
9781443893503 Electronic book (PDF format) |
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1443893501 |
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9781443856874 |
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