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Thomas Jefferson spent five years in Paris, from 1784 to 1789, serving as the representative of a struggling new nation. In this entertaining, scholarly chronicle of those years, we're treated to an a
A geographical history of gardens describes the horticultural and design contributions made by various societies from the earliest development of gardens to the present day
