Markman Ellis: Empire of Tea [2015] hardback TCRIM Eamon de Valera is the

Eamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland

heartbreaking and humbling

inherits all of her father's drive

humour and everyday examples

Chrissie can't make Christmas wishes come true and children everywhere will be disappointed

Markman Ellis: Empire of Tea [2015] hardback TCRIM Eamon de Valera is theTea has a rich and well documented past. The beverage originated in Asia long before making its way to seventeenth century London, where it became an exotic, highly sought after commodity. Over the subsequent two centuries, tea's powerful psychoactive properties seduced British society, becoming popular across the nation from castle to cottage. Now the world'smost popular drink, tea was one of the first truly global products to find a mass market,