Download or read book Dining On Turtles written by D. Kirkby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As gentlemen of the Royal Society in London sat down to their turtle dinner in 1793 they were participating in an historical event: an act simultaneously of fine dining and colonialism. Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are explored here offering new insights into the past.