LEIGH FORBES: Books of all Sorts

18th September 2018
by Leigh Forbes
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Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: How One Man’s Courage Changed the Course of History

by Giles Milton. Nathaniel’s Nutmeg is essentially a history of the East India Company’s early years – including the lengthy prelude to its inception – and its part in the spice race. The first half of the seventeenth century saw the … Continue reading

15th January 2017
by Leigh Forbes
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

by Simon Winchester. The events surrounding the cataclysmic 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, a island in the Sunda Strait, make for fascinating reading. It might seem impossible to convey the immensity of the forces required to blow a 2,600’ mountain to … Continue reading