{"product_id":"salt-by-mark-kurlansky-9780099281993","title":"Salt","description":"Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, 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 began the overthrow of British rule in India. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multilayered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45695626019052,"sku":"9780099281993","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099281993.jpg?v=1725635994","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/salt-by-mark-kurlansky-9780099281993","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}