Gin glorious gin
Subtitle: how mother's ruin became the spirit of London
By: Olivia Williams
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781472215338
Subjects: Gin; History; Social life and customs
Other titles: How mother's ruin became the spirit of London
Description: In and out of both legality and popularity - gin is the only drink to be simultaneously shorthand for metropolitan glamour and alcoholic squalor. It crosses paths with all professions and cuts through class - writers and artists, politicians and scientists, royalty - gin is a great leveller. 'Gin Glorious Gin' is funny, quirky, interesting, informative and full of famous names - Dickens to Churchill, Hogarth to Hemingway - and unknown voices who impacted our wonderful capital city.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 317).