From Boiled Beef to Chicken Tikka: 500 Years of Feeding the British Army

by Janet MacDonald

Janet Macdonald, author of the acclaimed Feeding Nelson's Navy, now turns her attention to food in the British Army over the past two centuries. Napoleon's remark 'an army marches on its stomach' has become an overused clich . It is a simple statement and undoubtedly true, but like many such simple statements, the actuality of what fills that stomach and how it is provided is far more complex.

The more you think about this subject, the more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848327307
• ISBN13: 9781848327306
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"