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Spice by Jack Turner

Spice

The History of a Temptation

by Jack Turner
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  • Aug 1, 2004, 368 pages
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  • Aug 2005, 384 pages
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Spice is history that hits home.
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Welcome to the glamorous and romantic world of spice. Turner's history is arranged thematically with essays exploring different aspects, such as exploration, love, romance and religion.  Although he consciously avoids using sweeping statements such as 'changed the world', he explains that the search for spices sparked a whole complex of activities we have come to take for granted, but which were anything but inevitable.

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'In his fascinating new book…Jack Turner not only gives the reader a wonderfully vivid history of the quest for spices and the lucrative spice trade, but he also provides some intriguing insights into why spices once exerted such a hold over the human imagination -- and how they catalyzed the Age of Discovery.' - The New York Times.

This review first ran in the August 17, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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