Anyone who has ever created a garden knows that it is a process replete with drama: there's the feverish excitement of drawing up plans and making lists of plants; the bleak depression of realizing that the plans will have to be altered; the "Eureka!" moment when a brilliant solution presents itself; the grim frustration of dealing with meddlesome neighbors and recalcitrant plants. For Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), making a new garden in a London suburb in the years just before World War II was positively operatic in its emotional trajectory. Fans of Beverley Nichols will find in Green Grows the City the same elements that have delighted them in his other books: the wit, the style, the cats, and of course Gaskin, gentleman's gentleman extraordinaire. Those new to Nichols are in for a rare treat.
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"...a charming 1939 book about the author's plot of land in London." Town and Country
"Bless Timber Press for having the good taste to persist in their reprints of the works of this wonderful writer." Elizabeth Licata, Buffalo Spree Magazine
"Bless Timber Press for having the good taste to persist in their reprints of the works of this wonderful writer." Elizabeth Licata, Buffalo Spree Magazine
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In Green Grows the City, fans of Beverley Nichols will find the same elements that have delighted them in his other books: the wit, the style, and the cats.
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This is a good story about Beverley Nichol's first garden in the city--it gives us insight into his life in between his "country" days, which for his fans, is important. It is funny and very relatable.
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Oh, what ideas I get when I read a Beverly Nichols book! Absolutely a must have on a gardener's book shelves.
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I like his writing - some more than others as he does get a bit repetitive - but it sure gets me all set to completely do my yard - at least in my head!
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- Sunlight On The Lawn (Beverley Nichols Trilogy Book 3) by Beverley Nichols in Back Matter
- Beverley Nichols' Cats' X. Y. Z. by Beverley Nichols in Front Matter
- Beverley Nichols : A Life by Bryan Connon in Back Matter
- Beverley Nichols' Cats' A. B. C. by Beverley Nichols in Front Matter
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