Coffee House Cultural History
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780297843191
Subjects: Non-alcoholic beverages; Social history; History; Business / Economics / Finance; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; Restaurants; COFFEEHOUSES; History / Social History; LONDON (ENGLAND)_HISTORY; LONDON (ENGLAND)_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS; Travel / Restaurants; General
First sentence: Anchoring below the customs house steps at Constantinople on the evening of 28 September 1610, the Armado, out of Simo, a Greek sponge divers' bark not much larger than a Gravesend wherry, must have made a singularly unimposing impression on the officers of the Sublime Porte.