{"product_id":"nathaniels-nutmeg-giles-milton","title":"Nathaniel's Nutmeg — Giles Milton","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilton tells the story of the English attempt to secure a share of the East Indies spice trade in the early seventeenth century, centred on the island of Run — a tiny source of nutmeg whose possession was considered worth trading Manhattan. The book is a microhistory of colonial violence, commercial competition, and the extraordinary human cost of the spice trade, told with novelistic detail and without romantic illusion. The English lost Run, but the Dutch — who got it — lost New York. The exchange haunted both empires for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"epoch-endorsement\"\u003e'One of the most gripping works of historical non-fiction I have ever read. Milton is a master of the microhistory.' — \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e. 'A remarkable book — part adventure story, part colonial horror, entirely compelling.' — \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epoch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734529433927,"sku":null,"price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/9152\/7751\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_74abf923-1aba-422b-9678-a0f8c584006f.webp?v=1776628881","url":"https:\/\/www.epochbooks.co.uk\/products\/nathaniels-nutmeg-giles-milton","provider":"Epoch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}