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An A-Z of animals in the garden
Way, Twigs2023
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Perhaps one of the less known facts about the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti is that he kept wombats in his garden at Cheyne Walk, London, to whom he and Christina addressed poetry (he also kept zebu - a type of cattle). This is just one of the stories in this entertaining book, which brings together two great British pastimes: animal husbandry and the garden. Taking the reader on a journey from the armadillos owned by merchants in the City of London in the eighteenth century and nourished on garden earthworms, to Queen Charlotte's zebra, which was accommodated close to her house at Buckingham Gate and renowned for its nicotine-fuelled filthy temper, here are quirky tales of animals in the garden through the centuries.
Main title:
An A-Z of animals in the garden / Twigs Way.
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Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781803993850 (pbk)
Dewey class:
636.0887
Language:
English
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BRN:
2852741
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