The Course of History
eBook - ePub

The Course of History

Ten Meals that Changed the World

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Course of History

Ten Meals that Changed the World

About this book

Many decisions which have had enormous historical consequences have been made over the dinner table, and have been accompanied (and perhaps in influenced) by copious amounts of food and wine. In The Course of History Struan Stevenson brings to life ten such moments, exploring the personalities, the issues and of course the food which helped shape the course of history.From the claret consumed on the eve of the Battle of Culloden, through the dinners which decided the fates of George Washington, Archduke Ferdinand and Adolf Hitler, to the diplomatic feasts that decided future relations with Russia, China and the Middle East, each chapter covers every detail, character, decision and morsel which decided the course of history.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781780274911
eBook ISBN
9780857909428
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Introduction
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1. Bonnie Prince Charlie on the Eve of Culloden
  9. 2. Sowing the Seeds of the American Revolution
  10. 3. How Washington D.C. Became America’s Capital
  11. 4. Forging a Hundred Years of Peace at the Congress of Vienna
  12. 5. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Dinner in Sarajevo
  13. 6. How Petroleum Politics Was Born over a Scottish Banquet
  14. 7. Austrian Anschluss
  15. 8. Churchill’s Birthday Banquet in Tehran
  16. 9. Nixon in China
  17. 10. The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty Dinner
  18. Endnotes
  19. Plates