I enjoyed Salt: A World History - very interesting. Haven't read the
others yet. I am suspicious of anything/people that are supposed to be
the sole cause of any history, but I found out a lot I'd known nothing
about.
Eve
On 04-Feb-2015 6:53 PM, Ralph Hancock wrote:
> Beatrice Hopkinson wrote:
>
> Lampreys were abundant where we lived in England which was at
> Droitwich, in Worcestershire - an ancient salt town.
> Its where I first got interested in salt!
>
>
> Have you read Mark Kurlansky's _Salt: A World History_? He believes
> that salt, cod and the Basques were more or less the motors of the
> development of western civilisation, and has written a book on each of
> these. He writes so passionately that you believe his claims, for a
> while. And there is much curious information.
>
> RH
>
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