The Angel Tree [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Dingwall-Main, Alex

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0091895472 ISBN 13: 9780091895471

Casa editrice: Ebury Press, 2004

Riassunto

As readers of The Luberon Garden will know, Alex Dingwall-Main has come across some very odd garden desires in his time. But none so odd as the Frenchman who asked Alex to find him the oldest olive tree in existence and fetch it to the South of France to take pride of place in his exquisite garden.

This charming, witty and evocative piece of horticultural travel writing takes us from the olive groves of Provence, to the hillsides of Greece, from farms in Spain, to a back yard in Italy. Along the way our intrepid garden designer meets a tree that is 3,000 years old; a farmer who won't sell his tree unless he can sell the 2,000 acre farm that surrounds it; an olive tree that saved a marriage and a village that believes a drop of rain touched by the leaves of the ancient 'Angel Olive' will cure anything.

A wonderfully lyrical book with an extraordinary mission.

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Recensione:

"Escapist reading...Magic" (The Times)

"The rollicking exploits of an English garden designer in France" (The Independent)

Descrizione del libro:

From the bestselling author of The Luberon Garden comes a second horticultural adventure that takes the author through France, Spain, Greece and Italy in search of an ancient olive tree

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• Editore: Ebury Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0091895472
• ISBN 13: 9780091895471
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320