André Le Nôtre
Subtitle: gardener to the sun king
By: Érik Orsenna ; translated from the French by Moishe Black
Publisher: George Braziller
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780807614877
Subjects: Jardins français; Biographies; French Gardens; Histoire; Gartenkunst; Design; Landscape architects; Architectes paysagistes; Jardins; Gardens; Biography; History
Work titles: Portrait d'un homme heureux
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: I.; title: The Geography Fairies -- 1 -- II.; title: A Bit of Tuscany -- 5 -- III.; title: Island amid the Frenzied Fevers -- 9 -- IV.; title: The Passion for Perspective -- 15 -- V.; title: The Great Concourse -- 21 -- VI.; title: Rhizomes and Embroidery -- 27 -- VII.; title: "Some Day My Prince Will Come" -- 33 -- VIII.; title: Visual Politics -- 45 -- IX.; title: A Book Twenty-five Hundred Acres Big -- 53 -- X.; title: Friendship -- 59 -- XI.; title: A Canal -- 65 -- XII.; title: To Satisfy the Fountains -- 67 -- XIII.; title: Mathematical Happiness -- 77 -- XIV.; title: On Bonhomie -- 83 -- XV.; title: Archipelago -- 91 -- XVI.; title: Trust and Betrayal -- 103 -- XVII.; title: Embracing His Holiness -- 107 -- XVIII.; title: Slights -- 113 -- XIX.; title: Great Love -- 117 -- XX.; title: Last Will, Final Walks, Closing Prayers-- 129.