Nature's alchemist : John Parkinson, herbalist to Charles I / Anna Parkinson.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Frances Lincoln, 2007.Edition: 1st Frances Lincoln edDescription: 335 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780711227675
- 0711227675
- RS164 .P37 2007
- 2008 C-647
- WZ 100
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QK31.P27 P27 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800174385 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.
John Parkinson inspired Anna Parkinson from an early age. Who was this man who wrote so engagingly about plants? Was he a relation, as her father believed? And why was so little known about a man who was a key influence on the flowering of English garden in the 17th century? Intrigued, she set out to find the answers.