- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Bonnie Prince Charlie on the Eve of Culloden
- 2. Sowing the Seeds of the American Revolution
- 3. How Washington D.C. Became America’s Capital
- 4. Forging a Hundred Years of Peace at the Congress of Vienna
- 5. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Dinner in Sarajevo
- 6. How Petroleum Politics Was Born over a Scottish Banquet
- 7. Austrian Anschluss
- 8. Churchill’s Birthday Banquet in Tehran
- 9. Nixon in China
- 10. The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty Dinner
- Endnotes
- Plates
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