A Rum Affair by Karl Sabbagh
A true story of botanical fraud on the isle of Rum.'An exciting scientific detective story'
* Times Literary Supplement *'A breezy ride.. informative and amusing'
* Washington Post Book World *'a truly ripping yarn involving night-time landings, threats and intimidation, and at the heart of it something rather sad - a scientist, clearly of great talent, who had overstepped the mark in helping 'proof' along'
* Bottle Imp *'one of the best books we have read in quite some time. Reading this book is like reading an extremely well written fictional thriller. Karl Sabbagh has done an amazing job unearthing the background to what happened, and drawing out the wider implications for science in society'
* Undiscovered Scotland *Karl Sabbagh is a writer, journalist and TV producer. He is the author of a dozen books, including The Living Body (with Christian Barnaard), Power into Art and Palestine: A Personal Journey.Adam Nicolson has worked as a journalist for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Telegraph, and writes regularly for National Geographic Magazine. He has written a number of highly acclaimed books including Sea Room.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780273860 |
| ISBN 10 | 178027386X |
| Title | A Rum Affair |
| Author | Karl Sabbagh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2016-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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