Walker and Nesbitt's award-winning volume unravels the history of tonic water, inseparably connected to the era of botanical exploration and imperialist appetites.
Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Drink Book of the Year Award 2020
Just the Tonic is an accessible yet informative history of tonic water: its connections to the major disease malaria, the cure discovered in the bitter bark of the cinchona tree and its constituent alkaloid quinine.It is a history deeply intertwined with botanical exploration and empire in the Victorian era, and the role of botanical gardens such as Kew.
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens
ISBN: 9781842466896
Number of pages: 112
Dimensions: 246 x 172 mm
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