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Entangled: A Cabinet of Botanical Wonders (Library Mirabilis)
by A Wells
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Synopsis
Entangled: A Cabinet of Botanical Wonders
A Natural History of Medicinal Plants, Psychedelics, Poisonous Botanicals, and the Explorers Who Found Them
Behind every empire's rise, beneath every garden wall, and within every seed lies a story of entanglement older than civilization itself. From the ...
A Natural History of Medicinal Plants, Psychedelics, Poisonous Botanicals, and the Explorers Who Found Them
Behind every empire's rise, beneath every garden wall, and within every seed lies a story of entanglement older than civilization itself. From the ...
Entangled: A Cabinet of Botanical Wonders
A Natural History of Medicinal Plants, Psychedelics, Poisonous Botanicals, and the Explorers Who Found Them
Behind every empire's rise, beneath every garden wall, and within every seed lies a story of entanglement older than civilization itself. From the spice routes that reshaped continents to the flowers that bankrupted nations, plants have always been humanity's strangest partners and most patient teachers.
Entangled explores this relationship through seven richly illustrated chapters spanning empires built on spices and stolen seeds, legendary gardens from Eden to Babylon's hanging terraces, carnivorous plants and the secret language of trees, medicinal discoveries from willow bark to deadly foxglove, obsessions that sparked tulip mania and orchid fever, the poisoner's cabinet of hemlock and nightshade, and sacred plants that dissolve the boundaries of consciousness.
From Aztec ceremonies to Victorian plant hunters, from Chinese tea smugglers to Mao's mango cult, each entry reveals how plants have shaped human civilization through medicine, empire, madness, murder, and mystical revelation.
Beautifully illustrated with Victorian-style botanical engravings featuring:
Over 35 plants and their stories across seven themed chapters
Historical accounts from orchid hunters to tea thieves
Scientific discoveries from aspirin to alkaloids
Extensive bibliography of botanical and historical sources
For readers of:
Natural history and ethnobotany
Medicinal plants and psychoactive flora
Plant exploration and historical obsessions
Anyone fascinated by the hidden power of the botanical world
From the Library Mirabilis series - Victorian-inspired volumes for naturalists, gardeners, historians, and all who sense that the green world holds stranger stories than we dare imagine.
For naturalists and dreamers, gardeners and wanderers alike, this is a journey into the hidden wonder of the botanical world and a reminder that the roots of our story may reach deeper, and stranger, than we ever imagined.
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