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The devil's cup: Coffee, the driving force in history
The devil's cup Coffee the driving force in history
Author: Stewart Lee Allen
Coffee as history's primary instrument and instigator. What is this elixir that fuels our destiny? Stewart Lee Allen's insatiable, unquenchable thirst for the answer carries him across forbidden borders and several continents as he pursues the precious and little-known catalytic effect of the ambrosial brew upon world empires and mankind. He al...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781841951430
ISBN-10: 1841951439
Publication Date: 8/14/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Canongate
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Overall a very interesting story of someone following the path that coffee might have taken to get to modern society, full of lots of tidbits of history and trivia. The writing is a bit uneven and the author is not particularly likeable, but that can get him into some interesting scrapes in parts of the world that not too many people would dare go visit. (Does that make him brave or just stupid? I'm not really sure, but it makes for good reading.)
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