Nature's Alchemist
Subtitle: John Parkinson, Herbalist to Charles I
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: October 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780711227675
Subjects: Biography: general; Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historical - British; Life Sciences - Botany; Scientists - General; History / Great Britain; General; Historical - General; Pharmacy; Biography; England; Gardeners; Herbalists; Pharmacists
Description: 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.