Title: Absinthe : history in a bottle /
Authors: Conrad, Barnaby, 1952-; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
Publisher: Chronicle Books,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Absinthe; Drinking customs History; Drinking customs France History; Absinthe history; Drinking; Alcohol Drinking history; Alcoholism history; Alcoholic Beverages history
Contents: An absinthe murder -- Baudelaire, Manet, and the absinthe era -- Absinthe and the poets : Verlaine, Rimbaud, Wilde, and Dowson -- Degas takes absinthe to London -- From Montmartre to the Marquesas : Lautrec, Van Gogh, Monticelli, and Gauguin -- Jarry and Picasso : the absinthe blur of art -- The origins of ancient and modern absinthe -- The medical case against absinthe -- Absinthe and politics -- Absinthe and war -- After the ban -- Absinthe today : vive la fée verte -- A modern analysis of absinthe.