Trees Of History And Romance

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: MICHAEL PEMBROKE
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 266 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this book, written with grace and playfulness, wit, erudition and occasional introspection, Michael Pembroke has collected a cornucopia of information on certain trees, drawn from history, literature, poetry, mythology, botany and folklore. His subjects are the deciduous trees and conifers thriving in the cool-climate, basalt soil and altitude of Mount Wilson, a nineteenth-century hill station in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. The trees that have excited his imagination, and provided a rich store for his literary abilities, are those that have shaped history, influenced western civilization and inspired lovers. However, this book is not an encyclopedia. Woven throughout is a personal memoir reflecting the unfolding of a deep felt connection with the land and nature “ as an accidental gardener, an amateur naturalist and an occasional romantic. Although Pembrokes essays originate from a Mount Wilson garden, they draw from trees elemental to any garden, anywhere and are as elemental as the very air and sunshine.

ISBN: 9781876473693