The Politics of Wine in Britain

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The Politics of Wine in Britain: Power and Taste, 1649-1860 by Charles Ludington

A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and France in 1860 – this book provides an extraordinary window into the politics and culture of England and Scotland just as they were becoming the powerful British state.