The Gardens of Madeira

Attracting over a million visitors each year, the island gardens of Madeira are unique. Some thirty gardens in and around the capital, Funchal, and further afield as well as some of the unique native flora and landscape are expertly described. Luckhurst also explores the discovery and development of the island and its earliest gardens, and the role of Portuguese aristocrats and British wine merchants in creating the country estates known as quintas.

Hardback,176 pp. 150 col photos.