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Are outstanding I want to see books like this If you plan on getting this book and you don t have a book marker please get one Do not dog ear this book And now on to the actual book As I mentioned I purchased this book pretty much because of the cover Pink and green with roses Pretty much everything in my house is shabby chic and I honestly thought this would go quite nicely I have the opposite of a green thumb and I care nothing about changing that so I didn t think this book would interest me Boy was I wrong In a nut shell this book was about one person s quest to identify an old rose Does that sound boring Guess what It is not I was mesmerized. Chasing the rose book series order This was one part history.

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And yet I found this book captivating The history and anecdotes behind some of the roses is so interesting and the people Andrea meets along the way are as enchanting as the roses they cultivate Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside Fun vicarious trip through some well stocked gardens and enjoyable meetings with rose obsessives The little bit of information about the original China roses was fascinating Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside This book recounts the author s search for the ancestry of a rose growing in the garden of an old family home near Venice She s told it may date back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte.

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Andrea di Robilant was educated at Le Rosey and Columbia University He now lives in Rome working as a correspondent for the newspaper La Stampa. Chasing the wild elliott rose book From the author of the best selling A Venetian Affair here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose Andrea di Robilant s tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy today brought to colorful life on the page in the watercolors of artist Nina Fuga In his 2008 biography of the Venetian lady Lucia Mocenigo his great great great great grandmother di Robilant described a pink rose that grows wild on the family s former country estate mentioning its light peach and raspberry scent This passing detail led to an invitation for an audience with a local rose doyenne Eleonora Garlant She and other experts wondered if di Robilant s unnamed rose could possibly be one of the long lost China varieties that nineteenth century European growers had cultivated but which have since disappeared On the hunt for the identity of his anonymous yet quietly distinctive rose Di Robilant finds himself captivated by roseophiles through time from Lucia and her friend Josephine Bonaparte to the gifted Eleonora whose garden of nearly fifteen hundred varieties of old roses is one of the most significant in Europe and by the roses themselves each of which has a tale to tell What starts out as a lighthearted quest becomes a meaningful journey as di Robilant contemplates the enduring beauty of what is passed down to us in a rose through both the generosity of nature and the cultivating hand of human beings who for centuries have embraced and extended the life of this mysterious flower Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian CountrysideLoved Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside A charming account of the author s quest to identify an anonymous but beautiful lost rose growing on his family s old estate Full of delightful facts on the history and propagation of the rose plenty to interest any rose fancier novice or long standing expert The author makes roses come alive inspires and invites the reader to view them through his eyes as individual personalities each unique with a history to match. Chasing the rose pdf full book Scattered around the property were sixty or so natural hybrids that had come to life spontaneously in Elenora s garden the result of secretive affairs between her roses She did not know who the parent roses were nor did she seem particularly interested. Chasing love pdf free Naming a rose after a person creates an indissoluble association When I saw the Empress Josephine spread out against Elenora s corner pergola I inevitably conjured up the real Josephine And so it was with the other roses arrayed around it I was no longer simply walking along a path looking at the roses on display I had stepped into a crowded lively room filled with roses that were looking at me. Chasing the wild elliott rose audiobook Most enchanting to me were the portions in which Di Robilant describes his various visits to Signora Eleonora Garlant s extensive garden where roses grow in exuberant profusion mingling happily with trees and vegetables A magical place born of love and intuition rather than any formal design A place I would truly love to visit and ramble through. Chasing the rosearch 5 stars Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside Wow this book Where do I begin Allow me to start with the physical book The quality of this book is almost unparalleled Simply gorgeous The cover is beautiful and it was the main reason I purchased this book on that below The pages are so thick I often thought I accidentally turned than one page at a time The illustrations by Nina Fuga one part geography one part botany and one part biography And that my friends is the making of a perfect book Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside Le follie che si fanno per i propri fiori piante non mi sono sconosciute essendo cresciuta accanto a una mamma col pollice verde e tutto quel che ne consegue che le piante non le bastano mai n tanto meno i fiori le cui variet sono pressoch infinite Conosco bene le follie alla ricerca di vivai o riviste specializzate che ti possono fornire proprio quella rosa l che avevi e un inverno freddissimo e infingardo ti ha gelato la ricerca del posto giusto dove metterla a dimora la scelta del terriccio l annotazione minuziosa in apposita agenda di date di concimazione e potatura eccetera tutte le fisse da giardiniere della domenica non mi sono sconosciute prima da ragazzina le sbeffeggiavo queste manie green adesso le ho fatte mie sono a mia volta una pollice verde maniaca molto soddisfatta della sua maniacalit e molto comprensiva con quelle di altri green pazzoidi Tuttavia ancora mai mi ero imbattuta in una storia cos maniacale graziosa e meritevole di menzione come questa una storia di famiglia vecchi ruderi un antico giardino inselvatichito dove resiste solo un affascinante e aulentissima rosa a lottare contro il disfacimento Come un cavaliere alla ricerca dell identit di una seducente dama intravista e sparita senza aver saputo chi fosse il nostro di Robilant inizia ricerche senza limiti per scoprire di che rosa si tratti la famiglia l origine il nome di quella pianta rigogliosissima che non ha mia visto da nessuna parte probabilmente ritenuta estinta Ricerche d archivio consulti con grandi esperti di rose a livello internazionale consulti con appassionati coltivatori locali nulla verr lasciato di intentato per scoprire il nome di questa aulentissima rosa che profuma di pesca lampone cannella Riusciranno i nostri eroi a venirne a capo Si pu leggere anche come un giallo un nuovo genere il giallogreen Io intanto vedo se riesco a trovare una piantina di questo esemplare da metter a dimora entro il prossimo febbraio Ognuno rosomane a modo suo Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside It s no exaggeration to say this is a lovely little book evoking the heady scents and exquisite colors of antique roses as the author recounts his quest to learn the identity of the delicate pink rose smelling of raspberries and peaches that grows wild all over his family s now abandoned country estate near Venice That rose was brought to Italy from France by the author s great great great great grandmother though the rose s original ancestry is in China His grandmother got her interest in roses from Josephine Bonaparte a dear friend and the book is rich with fascinating rose related history stories about Josephine and other rose aficionados from 18th and 19th century Europe a time when collectors roamed the world looking for the loveliest flowers Readers are also introduced to Eleonora Garlant and her husband Vincent a charming Italian couple who are spending their retirement tending to the thousands of rose varieties they have planted on their property I read an advanced review copy of this book so the illustrations while beautiful are black and white but in the book for sale the watercolor sketches will be in full color and that should be breathtaking The author has also written several other books including Lucia A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon a biography of his great great great great grandmother which based on what I learned of her in this volume I am eager to read Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside

Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside By Andrea di Robilant

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Fascinating read about the history of roses Felt like the ending was really abrubt so it s like 4. Pdf chasing the rose novel 5 stars Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside This is a charming little book with beautiful illustrations I know nothing about roses and only have the most passing knowledge and interest in plants a great lover of roses or roseophile These old roses have their origin in China and have been thought lost or at least their identity is uncertain It s a lovely search to go on with the author The book is beautifully designed with gorgeous illustrations by Nina Fuga lavishly spread out among the pages A great day spa of a book Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside I was very excited when I received this book from the Goodreads giveaway contest The book was described as an adventure in the Venetian countryside so I was looking forward to reading something a little bit like Under the Tuscan Sun so I was a little bit disappointedwhen the writers idea of adventure differed a bit from my idea of adventure The book was well written but was kind of a cross between a documentary and a rose catalogue I felt like the book became a little bogged down in all the latin names of roses and all of the detaileddescriptions of the many different types of roses I enjoyed some of the characters that the writer encountered during his quest to find the origins of the Moceniga Rose After reading this book I think I would be interested in reading the book that he wrote about hisgreat great great grandmother Lucia and her friendship with Empress Josephine of France but I did not get the same rush of adventurefrom reading this book I probably would really enjoy taking a trip and visiting some of the gardens that the author described in this book and also seeing how the illustrations would look in full color as the edition that I received was not priinted in full color Chasing the Rose An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside .

, Chasing the rose book review This book is a lovely blend of mystery memoir history and personal quest It s highly informative but never dry constantly delightful Recommended for any gardener or rose enthusiast 4