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Miss Willmott's Ghosts. The extraordinary life and gardens of a forgotten genius
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- Nombre de pages374
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.305 kg
- Dimensions13,0 cm × 19,8 cm × 2,3 cm
- ISBN978-1-78658-155-6
- EAN9781786581556
- Date de parution11/05/2023
- ÉditeurBlink Publishing
- IllustrateurJitesh Patel
Résumé
Hidden in the shadows of once-spectacular gardens in Essex, France and Italy, a story lies sleeping, of a woman whose ferocious talent marked a path in Victorian horticultural discovery and cultivation. Much like her gardens, however, her reputation has been left in ruins, her achievements all-but forgotten. Her name was Ellen Ann Willmott and these are her ghosts. At the turn of the 20th century, Miss Willmott's green-fingered reputation preceded her.
Experts flocked to see her gardens, and there was little her photographer's lens did not capture, earning her recognition in journals beyond her fame as a gardener. At the pinnacle of this shining career, however, a series of events jeopardised this reputation forever. In Miss Willmott's Ghosts, Sandra Lawrence lifts the creaking lid on a previously undiscovered archive to reveal virtuoso achievements, joyous creativity and celebrity rivalries in a tangled tale of squandered inheritance, unconventional love, and, at the heart of it all, a trailblazing talent.
Experts flocked to see her gardens, and there was little her photographer's lens did not capture, earning her recognition in journals beyond her fame as a gardener. At the pinnacle of this shining career, however, a series of events jeopardised this reputation forever. In Miss Willmott's Ghosts, Sandra Lawrence lifts the creaking lid on a previously undiscovered archive to reveal virtuoso achievements, joyous creativity and celebrity rivalries in a tangled tale of squandered inheritance, unconventional love, and, at the heart of it all, a trailblazing talent.
