Salt

The history of the world as told through salt, that has taken Instagram by storm

By: Mark Kurlansky

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eBook | 30 September 2011

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**DISCOVER THE VIRAL SENSATION**

An indispensable yet illuminating history of the world, told through its most commonly mined, traded and consumed product: Salt

Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 was a pivotal act in his campaign to overthrow British rule in India.

From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soy sauce is produced, to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

'Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating facts' Independent on Sunday

'History, reportage, travel writing, wisdom and recipes - entertaining and enlightening... The richness of Kurlansky's book would be hard to exaggerate' Sunday Times

Industry Reviews

"This is an extraordinary little book, unputdownable, written in the most lyrical, flowing style which paints vivid pictures and, at the same time, punches into place hard facts that stop you dead in your tracks. A compulsive read"