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The Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World's Grandest Garden
By Baraton, Alain
- ISBN
- 9780847842681
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
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Starred Review on December 1, 2013 | Science and Technology
Versailles's gardener in chief aims to share an aspect of the grand landmark palace outside of Paris that is seldom experienced—a simple, intimate side not evident in works such as Michel Baridon's A History of the Gardens of Versailles. An exquisite storyteller who works in and lives among the gardens, Baraton (editor, From Marie Antoinette's Garden: An Eighteenth-Century Horticultural Album) immediately engages readers with a vivid account of a severe sto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
