ROSAMOND RICHARDSON

Rosamond Richardson ha sabido captar la fascinación de la rosa, las razones de su popularidad, su magia y su misterio. En estas páginas explica su papel en la hitoria, en las fábulas y en el folklore, en los mitos y leyendas, en la heraldica y en el lenguaje simbolico del amor. La autora ha recorrido la poesia y la cancion en busca de referencias a la rosa, y de ello dan fe las numerosas citas literarias que aparecen en el libro. En el apartado practico, se presentan recetas culinarias con rosas, remedios caseros, y el modo de preparar pociones y agua de rosas, asi como algunos consejos practicos para el cultivo de los rosales. Este es un libro para quien ya ama las rosas y para quien aun no ha descubierto como influyen en nuestros cinco sentidos.

A beautiful book Tim Birkhead, author of Bird SenseThe prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it Bel Mooney, Daily MailThe extraordinary world of birds has the power to change lives, as it did the authors. The pleasure and fascination of bird-watching, together with the silence and stillness involved, can play a part in changing the way that we live our lives - and can help us when we have to deal with adversity.Personal and elegiac, Waiting for the Albino Dunnock shows us how beauty is central to our emotional wellbeing, and reminds us of the careless damage we are inflicting on the natural world. This glorious pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds opens our eyes afresh to the beauty which surrounds us.

Rosamond Richarson es una experta conocedora del mundo de las hierbas del campo, que aquí nos descubre con toda su insospechada riqueza. La autora explica los mitos asociados con las distintas hierbas y la gran importancia que tenian estas en la magia, sin duda a causa de sus propiedades madicinales.

A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. From hedgerows to meadows, wildflowers can be found throughout our green and pleasant land. In this book, journalist and garden writer Rosamond Richardson traces the history and myths behind each flower to discover the fascinating ways in which the plants were used. Discover which flower used as a medieval lie-detector to test the innocence of suspected criminals, or stuffed in the shoes of Roman centurions to prevent damage to their feet as they marched. From periwinkles, beloved of Chaucer, and the oxlips and nodding violet growing in the forest of A Midsummer Nights Dream, the book celebrates the important role wildflowers have played in literature, as well as their uses in food and medicine, and the history, myths and tales behind each species. The nineteenth-century poet John Clare wrote, I love wildflowers (none are weeds with me). This book is a celebration of the bountiful history behind Britains beloved wildflowers and is perfect for anyone with an interest in gardening, history or the natural world.