Joan Marble has lived in a 16th century Roman Palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for thirty years. A lifetime of integrating with the Romans and gardening on her beloved terrace above the roof tops has resulted in this entertaining memoir. Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history, and insight, Joan's experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with The Women's Gardening Club of Rome. She includes an insider's view of Italian ...
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Joan Marble has lived in a 16th century Roman Palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for thirty years. A lifetime of integrating with the Romans and gardening on her beloved terrace above the roof tops has resulted in this entertaining memoir. Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history, and insight, Joan's experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with The Women's Gardening Club of Rome. She includes an insider's view of Italian fellow gardening obsessives, a tale of Bicycle Thieves, and an authoritative view of famous Italian Gardens. We also hear the curious history of her ancient apartment off the Piazza Borghese, and meet some eccentric neighbours. Tales abound of the expat community, and the illustrious writers and aristocrats with whom the author, as a journalist, keeps company. At the same time, Joan infuses her memoir with an affection for her plants, and scatters tips and personal stories of how to keep her fickle plants alive. A compelling blend of anecdote, humour and fact, this will inform and delight for armchair travellers and gardeners everywhere.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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Corinna Sargood. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very Good +++++ in Near Fine jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.302. The author has lived in a 16th c. Roman palazzo apartment with her husband for over forty years and here she recounts the difficulties and joys of maintaining a garden high above the traffic and noise of the city. clean tight copy slight edgewear.
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Sargood, Corinna. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 285 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. A nice, fine copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition; Illustrated, 8vo., 285 pages.,
