Parks and Gardens of Britain Author:Chris Taylor This seminal study, from one of Britain's most eminent landscape historians, takes a chronological tour through British parks and gardens since Roman times. Each chapter introduces the characteristic features of parks and gardens in each period and explores the social and economic context for their construction. Chris Taylor then provides a deta... more »iled explanation of specific sites and draws on 100 arial photographs to illustrate a new and different perspective of Britain's cherished parks and gardens.« less