Fencing Paradise: Reflections on the Myths of Eden [Import] [Hardcover]

Richard Mabey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 2005

The first botanical gardens were set up to gather the world’s plants and recreate a Garden of Eden. Using the Eden Project as a springboard, Richard Mabey explores the myth of the Garden of Eden.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Britain's greatest living nature writer' - The Times 'Richard Mabey is a man for all seasons, most regions and every kind of landscape' - Andrew Motion, Financial Times 'Richard Mabey has the heart of a romantic poet, kept in order by a botanist's learning and an archivist's diligence' - Observer In its quiet way, Nature Cure moves between the nervous breakdown of an individual and the madness of the modern world with a prescience akin to that of TS Eliot's Waste Land - Guardian

About the Author

Richard Mabey is the author of the bestselling, award-winning and ground-breaking Flora Britannica, as well as many highly praised books about nature and the environment, including Food for Free and The Unofficial Countryside. His book about Gilbert White won the Whitbread Biography of the Year.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 399 pages
• Publisher: Eden Project Books (October 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903919312
• ISBN-13: 978-1903919316
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,896,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Mabey is widely hailed as Britain's fore-most nature writer. He is the author of the groundbreaking book on foraging in the countryside Food for Free and the editor of The Oxford Book of Nature Writing. He has narrated and produced popular BBC television and radio series, and has written for the Guardian, Granta, and other publications. He lives in Norfolk, England.