The Development of Transportation in Modern England
The Development of Transportation in Modern England

Author: William T. Jackman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0429614365

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Published in 1962: In offering this work as a modest contribution to our knowledge of the economic development of England from the standpoint of transportation, the author must say, in the first place that he has endeavoured to adhere rigidly to the subject in hand, withour making deviations into collateral fields

Gardens for Gloriana
Gardens for Gloriana

Author: Jane Whitaker

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1786736101

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The 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. In 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 the Elizabethan aristocracy. The result is an evocation of one of the most opulent reigns in English history and an entertaining and informative study of one of the most interesting periods of garden history.