Gentlemen & Players Gardeners of the English Landscape

"Ever conscious of other gardens historians jostling at his back, Mowl takes pride in his revisionism....The tone is...waspish, clever, a little pleased with himself. But at least in striving to be controversial, he is never dull and it is refreshing to have so many sacred cows disembowelled with such glee. Best of all, Mowl walks the landscapes whose gradual unfolding he charts....In GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS, he praises gardens because he loves them, even when they fit awkwardly with his theories....Bringing...gardens to life on the page is Timothy Mowl's rare talent, ultimately more convincing than his offbeat ideas.Mowl, Timothy is the author of 'Gentlemen & Players Gardeners of the English Landscape' with ISBN 9780750923248 and ISBN 0750923245.