1942 On The Offensive

1942 On The Offensive1942 was the turning point of the war. In the words of Winston Churchill, it was 'not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.' In the Pacific the Japanese had been soundly defeated at the Battle of Midway, with the loss of four valuable and irreplaceable aircraft carriers, while the Allied landings in North Africa had been a complete success, and the rout of the German and Italian soldiers in the

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and they become involved in buying and selling a stimulant known to the Health Authority to be extremely dangerous: chili peppers

and how it redefines the public's collective tastes

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to the man-meets-machine fiction of Philip K Dick and Michael Crichton

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Lesley Waters is a well-known cookery writer and TV chef

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What he finds instead will set him on an unexpected journey of discovery

one that stretches back into the distant past and reaches out to snare the youngest of this generation

which reveal a chamber designed for a special cargo: a living one