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Rod phillips distills the rich, often fruity story of our palates through the ages, from the debauched drinking parties of Ancient Greece and Rome, where wine was mixed with sea water or honey; through the flourishing trade of the Middle Ages; to 17th-century Venice, where a wine fountain was constructed for shipyard workers; and on to the birth of port, champagne and New World wines. 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Robison goes through great detail about Adam Weisshaupt, founder of the Order of the Illuminati, and his infiltration of the Free Masons with a grand plan to overturn the social and political order of Europe and his successes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49803384684817,"sku":"CIN0066212820G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53113086247185,"sku":"CIN0066212820A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53274491388177,"sku":"CIN0066212820VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0066212820.jpg?v=1750842847"},{"product_id":"putting-asunder-book-roderick-phillips-9780521324342","title":"Putting Asunder","description":"A study of the development of religious and secular attitudes toward divorce, and the evolution of divorce laws, their application and their consequences, this examines divorce independently and against backgrounds such as the French Revolution, Nazi Germany and recent cultural changes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52100600103185,"sku":"CIN0521324343G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780521324342.jpg?v=1757090201"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-roderick-phillips.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}