Sandra Lawrence

Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine

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The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants - from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you like to call them, those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical properties have existed for thousands of years. The Witch's Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with these magical specimens, documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natur… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78739-436-0
EAN: 9781787394360
Produktnummer: 33622479
Verlag: Welbeck Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.5 cm 555 g
Gewicht: 555

Über den Autor

Sandra Lawrence is a journalist and author. She writes for the Evening Standard, Guardian, Financial Times, The Times, Londonist.com and the English Garden. She is the London columnist for British Heritage magazine and is on the Q&A panel of experts for History Revealed magazine. Her travel writing is collected on madamepassepartout.com.