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Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the emergence of cocktail bars in the West End, the story is brought right up to date with the resurgence of class in a glass - the Ginnaissance. As gin has crossed paths with Londoners of all classes and professions over the past three hundred years it has become shorthand for metropolitan glamour and alcoholic squalor in equal measure. In and out of both legality and popularity, gin is a drink that has seen it all. Gin Glorious Gin is quirky, informative, full of famous faces - from Dickens to Churchill, Hogarth to Dr Johnson - and introduces many previously unknown Londoners, hidden from history, who have shaped the city and its signature drink.Product Identifiers
PublisherHEADLINE Publishing Group
ISBN-139781472215338
eBay Product ID (ePID)209423092
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameGin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorOlivia Williams
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height222 mm
Item Weight470 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorOlivia Williams