The relationship between roses and women has always been special. For a long time, the queen of flowers was little more than a decorative accessory. However, women have discovered the rose for themselves – and rose enthusiasts from around the world have made significant contributions: They created rose gardens, introduced new varieties, explored flower shapes and scents, elevated rose painting to a high art, and dedicated themselves to it in poems, novels, and letters. In this volume, Sabine Frank tells the stories of passionate and determined rose lovers and their lives devoted to blossoms, fragrance, and thorns. Featuring figures such as Gertrude Jekyll, Maria Sibylla Merian, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Empress Auguste Viktoria, Louisette Meilland, and many others.