Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
"An excellent history of British gardens in India. . . . [Herbert] writes with gentle wit, elegance and love of her subject which are rare in books on garden history."—Financial Times"I found myself entertained on every page. Herbert's achievement is that under the guise of a study of Britannia's role as gardener she has written a thoroughly scholarly—indeed, groundbreaking, in every sense of the word—history of the British entanglement in India. She has flung her net far and wide, and drawn in a wealth of unfamiliar sources, both exotic and homely, to build up a rich tapestry of the Indian landscape. . . . full of insights and wonderfully readable,Flora's Empireis as much a treat for the general reader as it is for those who relish 'the glory of the garden.'"—Charles Allen, editor ofPlain Tales from the Raj