Phylloxera by Christy Campbell

Phylloxera by Christy Campbell

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Summary

This work presents a historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and then Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist, who had served an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens, eventually 'saved wine for the world'.

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Phylloxera by Christy Campbell

Phylloxera is an entertaining, revealing and frequently astonishing account of one of the earliest and most successful applications of science to an ecological disaster.
Christy Campbell is a writer, journalist and former defence correspondent and feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph, which he joined on the eve of the Gulf War. He is the author of The Maharajah's Box and Fenian Fire.
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ISBN 13 9780007115358
ISBN 10 0007115350
Title Phylloxera
Author Christy Campbell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2004-02-16
Number of pages 352
Prizes Winner of Glenfiddich Awards: Drink Book of the Year 2005
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