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We are all, secretly or openly, obsessed with sweet things. From the very earliest human societies - there is evidence that Neolithic people made sweets - to modern day, there is nothing more likely to get your juices flowing than a sweet. Tim Richardson's research has taken in the whole world and all of history. So we read that the Aztecs mixed chocolate with blood in sweet libations to their gods, Saladin entertained Richard the Lionheart with exotic sherbets and sugared jellies in 1191, Victorian sweet magnates built the towns of Bournville and Hersheyville as special housing for those who make sweets, and in the 21st century we discover that the production of sweets is an extremely high-tech industry shrouded in the kind of secrecy which would make Willy Wonka blush.
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'A truly delicious history, his homage to the humble sweet is a lovingly detailed account that can't be resisted.' -- Sunday Herald
'Richardson has pulled countless plums out of this lucky dip of a subject.' -- Guardian, Tom Jaine
'Sweets is a wide-eyed happy book . . . written from the heart, conceived wit and filled with infectious enthusiasm - I loved it.' -- Daily Telegraphy, Alexander Waugh
'Sweets opens suprising doors on to history. Richardson has pulled countless plums out of this lucky dip of a subject.' -- The Guardian, Tom Jaine
'Tim Richardson's Sweets is manna. This history of candy is full of delights.' -- The New York Times
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The extraordinary and mouthwatering history of man's fascination with all things sweet
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0593049543
- ISBN 13 9780593049549
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages432
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