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The Apple: A Delicious History - by Sally Coulthard (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- The Apple: A Delicious History tells the engrossing and richly informative story of a fruit with a unique attachment to the human story.
- About the Author: Sally Coulthard is a bestselling author of books about natural history and rural life including The Barn, A Short History of the World According to Sheep, The Book of the Earthworm, The Hedgehog Handbook and over twenty more titles.
- 368 Pages
- Science, Natural History
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About the Book
Sally Coulthard, bestselling author of A Short History of the World According to Sheep, tells the 10,000-year story of the apple in crisp and sparkling style.Book Synopsis
The Apple: A Delicious History tells the engrossing and richly informative story of a fruit with a unique attachment to the human story. The 10,000-year tale of the round and pleasantly crunchy products of the trees of the genus Malus embraces not only culinary, horticultural, social and commercial history but also age-old traditions in mythology, folklore and religion.
Best-selling author Sally Coulthard takes the reader on a fascinating and strikingly international journey - from the apple's earliest beginnings in the mountains of Kazakhstan to the explosion of apple-growing in twenty-first-century China. Along the way, we learn how the apple made its way along the Silk Road from Central Asia to Europe and about its role in the grisly rituals of the Druids; and we discover why, despite there currently existing more than 7500 varieties of apple - from the ubiquitous, astringent Granny Smith to the purple-skinned Black Diamond of Tibet - only a handful of cultivars are available in modern supermarkets. Amplified by apple recipes and the stories behind them, from apple fritters to apple crumble and from verjuice to pomade, The Apple: A Delicious History is the perfect gift book for gardeners, nature lovers - or indeed anyone who likes a drop of cider or a slice of apple pie.Review Quotes
"Praise for Fowl Play:
A marvellously complete and utter history of chickens. - Country Life
A snappy, stimulating book, and certainly not just for shepherds. - Mail on Sunday Sally Coulthard's story of how sheep shaped the human story is full of rich pickings... Full of fascinating social history. - Independent Global in scope, with fascinating vignettes from the ancient world to the present day, this is anything but woolly." --BBC History Magazine
About the Author
Sally Coulthard is a bestselling author of books about natural history and rural life including The Barn, A Short History of the World According to Sheep, The Book of the Earthworm, The Hedgehog Handbook and over twenty more titles. She lives on a Yorkshire smallholding which she shares with her husband, three girls and an assortment of unruly animals.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Natural History
Genre: Science
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher: Apollo Publishing International
Format: Hardcover
Author: Sally Coulthard
Language: English
Street Date: May 6, 2025
TCIN: 93904156
UPC: 9781803287966
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-4846
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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