Lizzie Collingham
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The Taste of Empire
- By: Lizzie Collingham
- Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: October 03, 2017
- Language: English
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In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World,... Read more
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