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Book of the Week: The Hungry Empire

Melody Grove

Lizzie Collingham

Sian Preece

Eilidh McCreadie

Book of the Week: The Hungry Empire: Episode 5: Feeding a Wartime Empire

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Episode 5: Feeding a Wartime Empire

The Hungry Empire

Feeding a Wartime Empire

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North Africa, 1941. Wartime strictures reveal the brutal reality behind feeding an empire.

Wartime strictures reveal the brutal reality behind feeding an empire, beginning in North Africa in 1941. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece.

This culinary journey through history examines how the growing Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe's edible resources; from cod fish and salt beef to sugar, spices and opium. Historian Lizzie Collingham brings a fresh perspective to the making of the realm, uncovering its decisive role in the shaping of the modern diet and revealing how almost every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire.

Wartime strictures reveal the brutal reality behind feeding an Empire, beginning in North Africa in 1941.

Written by Lizzie Collingham
Read by Melody Grove
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

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By Lizzie Collingham. A culinary journey through history. Read by Melody Grove.

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