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Phylloxera How Wine Was Saved for the World

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ISBN-10: 0007115350

ISBN-13: 9780007115358

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christy Campbell

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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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Book details

Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.11" wide x 11.11" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Christy Campbell is an author, 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 'Phylloxera', 'Fenian Fire' and 'The Maharajah's Box'.