Rebecca Earle: Potato [2019] paperback Condition:New Tom Hazard has a dangerous

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret

Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is

Ravaged by smallpox

but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th - and final - mission

'I devoured this book in a single day'

Rebecca Earle: Potato [2019] paperback Condition:New Tom Hazard has a dangerousObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes frites . . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To the United Nations they mean global food security (potatoes are the world's fourth most important food crop). To 18th century philosophers they promised happiness. Nutritionists warn that too many increase your risk of hypertension. For the poet