Katrina Gulliver

The fruits of imperialism

Three authors celebrate the traders and innovators who first brought tea, rum, sugar and spice to our tables

  • The Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World

    Erika Rappaport

    Princeton, pp. 549

  • The Hungry Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

    Lizzie Collingham

    Bodley Head, pp. 353

  • Sugar: The World Corrupted From Slavery to Obesity

    James Walvin

    Robinson, pp. 325

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