
Musgrave, T. & W. An Empire of Plants. People and Plants that Changed the World. Pub. Cassell. 2002
pp.192 with colour photography and illus. 4to. A new softback. RRP £12.99.
This work explores the stories of seven seminal plants - tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, cotton, quinine and rubber - and how they sustained empires, oiled the wheels of trade and changed the fortunes of countries where they were grown.
£12.00 [Ref: 49017]