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An author & a gardener : the gardens and friendship of Edith Wharton and Laurence Johnston /

In August 1937 a small group of Edith Wharton's intimate friends gathered to pay their last respects at her funeral in France. Among that small group of people was her friend for many years, Lawrence 'Johnnie' Johnston, the creator of two famous gardens, at Hidcote Manor, Gloucestersh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ruff, Allan R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Windgather Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- The New York beginnings -- The arbiter of taste -- 'The Mount' and Italian gardens -- The making of a gardener -- The Cotswolds and the American diaspora -- Edith Wharton in England -- Making the garden at Hidcote -- The First World War -- Hidcote and friends -- Edith Wharton and her French gardens -- Johnston and the French Riviera -- Plants and plant collecting -- Lawrence Johnston: The Diary years 1929-1932 -- The final chapter -- Afterwards -- Conclusions and legacies. 
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