{"product_id":"salt-a-world-history-1","title":"Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003eHomer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi''s salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Kurlansky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075522936879,"sku":"9780099281993","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780099281993.jpg?v=1793101862","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/salt-a-world-history-1","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}