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The True History of Chocolate(4th Edition)
by Sophie D. Coe, Professor Michael D. Coe
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames And Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29474-1, ISBN: 0-500-29474-7
"Chocolate – ‘the food of the Gods’ – has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe, and his late wife, Sophie. The book begins 3,000 years ago in the Mexican jungles and goes on to draw on aspects of archaeology, botany and socio-economics. Used as currency and traded by the Aztecs, chocolate arrived in Europe via the conquistadors, and was soon a favourite drink with aris ..."
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