A Short Visit to Mistra on May 1st

This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a visually stunning visit to the countryside around the Byzantine town of Mistra, Greece. It contains a series of exquisite photographs and illustrations of the many varieties of flower that bloom in the Mistra Estates, accompanied by informative text on their properties and evocative extracts from writers such as Hesiod, Xenophon and Sappho.