An American landscape designer searches for clues to her grandfather's suicide while gathering information for a wealthy client in Vita Sackville-West's famous White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle. She uncovers an intriguing mystery surrounding the death of Virginia Woolf and how and when it may have occurred. The passages that reflect the voices of Woolf and her contemporaries are the most compelling and full of period detail. Politics, literature and gardening blend in a thoroughly engaging read.
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This new edition, 20 years after the third edition, has a modern, cleaner look with lots of white space and will be welcomed by birders who are fans of Peterson's approach. The editors have retained Peterson's preference for drawings rather than photographs, and many drawings are identical to the ones in the third edition but with brighter colours. The main differences for the birder lie in the colour-coded sections and the addition of small maps with each entry. The larger maps remain at the back of the book as in the former edition. Drawings and entries have been updated to include new information and name changes.
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