The Green Carnation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Green Carnation write by Robert Hichens. This book was released on 1894. The Green Carnation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Carnation
Carnation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Carnation write by Twigs Way. This book was released on 2016-11-15. Carnation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From wedding bouquets to funeral wreaths, carnations can be seen everywhere in human culture. Their colorful but delicately folded petals have made them one of the foremost decorative flowers, from the gardens of the Ottoman Empire to American Mothers Day bouquets, via Chinese medicines and French Empresses. In this book, Twigs Way explores the extraordinary history of this inimitable flower. The author traces the trials and tribulations of early breeders—compelled by florists’ fascinations for the striped and spotted—which led to delightfully colored (and delightfully named) varieties such as Lustie Gallant and Bleeding Swain. She looks at the symbolism of the red and white—and even green—carnations made famous by Oscar Wilde, and glides through many of the rooms in literature and history that we have filled with the carnation’s glorious scent. Travelling from Europe to China, Way explores how carnations have been used by herbalists the world over as a treatment for ailments to both mind and body, and she looks at the many paintings that have attempted to capture their unique complexities. Lavishly illustrated and full of unexpected delights, this book will—like the carnation itself—charm the mind and invigorate the senses.
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret History of the Pink Carnation write by Lauren Willig. This book was released on 2005-12-27. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nothing goes right for Eloise. The one day she wears her new suede boots, it rains cats and dogs. When the subway stops short, she’s always the one thrown into some stranger’s lap. Plus, she’s had more than her share of misfortune in the way of love. In fact, ever since she realized romantic heroes are a thing of the past, she’s decided it’s time for a fresh start. Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on that dashing pair of spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink Carnation—the most elusive spy of all time. As she works to unmask this obscure spy, Eloise stumbles across answers to all kinds of questions. Like how did the Pink Carnation save England from Napoleon? What became of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian? And will Eloise Kelly escape her bad luck and find a living, breathing hero all her own?
The Sheltering Tree
The Sheltering Tree - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sheltering Tree write by J. R. Lawrie. This book was released on 2021-04. The Sheltering Tree available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The heart of Alastair Harding's life is duty. Becoming the first gay chief of the London police has required certain sacrifices, but Alastair made them willingly. If his life now lacks human connections, he can't exactly complain-and it's a little too late for regrets. Jay Fieldhouse knows all about sacrifice, too. Brought to London for his own safety by witness protection, Jay's grassroots charity works day and night to save vulnerable kids from a life of crime. But getting close to other people is tough when no one really knows who you are. When he meets Alastair one night at a charity event, Jay is intrigued by his glimpse of a gentle soul beneath the commissioner's uniform. The two men decide to run their lonely paths side by side for a while-after all, life is short and good sex is hard to come by. Then the shadows of the past begin to stir, and the words which go unsaid might be Jay and Alastair's undoing. The Sheltering Tree is J.R. Lawrie's first full length novel, following her beloved debut anthology, Let Your Heart Be Light.
Book of the Carnation
Book of the Carnation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Book of the Carnation write by R. Brotherston. This book was released on 2008-12. Book of the Carnation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This 1904 volume by R. Brotherston and Martin Smith is a practical guide to the history, cultivation, and care of carnations.
