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Seven Flowers : and How They Shaped Our World by Jennifer Potter is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Seven Flowers : and How They Shaped Our World about?
The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid. 'Seven flowers': seven stories full of surprise and secrets. Where and when did these flowers originate? What is the nature of their power and how was it acquired? What use has been made of them in gardens, literature and art? These are both histories and detective stories, full of incident, unexpected revelations, and irony. The opium poppy, for example, returned to haunt its progenitors in the West ; and while Confucius saw virtu
Who reads Seven Flowers : and How They Shaped Our World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jennifer Potter
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books, Limited; Atlantic Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857891648
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Agriculture, World, Science
- Rating
- 3.09 / 5 (71 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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