An Empire of Plants
Author(s): Toby Musgrave
Exploring the story of seven plants whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries, this book investigates the legacy of trade routes overseas, and shows how great fortunes were build on espionage, slavery, danger and conflict.
Product Information
Dr Toby Musgrave is a garden designer and historian, with keen interest in the social aspects of economic botany. Toby is co-author of the highly successful book The Plant Hunters, published by Cassell Illustrated, and the author of Courtyard Gardens. Will Musgrave is an archaeologies and historian with a special interest in plant history and garden archaeology. Co-author of The Plant Hunters, he is also fascinated by Minoan civilisation and is currently working on a novel set in ancient Crete.
Tobacco; sugar; cotton; tea; opium; quinine; rubber.
General Fields
- :
- : octcas
- : octcas
- : 0.674
- : 14 November 2002
- : 247mm X 193mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Toby Musgrave
- : Paperback
- : 2
- : 580.9
- : 192
- : 30 illustrations, 40 colour pl