The Cigar
Subtitle: An Illustrated History of Fine Smoking
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: October 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780811814492
Subjects: Other manufacturing technologies; Photographs: collections; Industries - General; Manufacturing Industries (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; Cooking / Wine; Antiques/Collectibles; Entertaining - General; Cooking / Entertaining; Cigars; History
First sentence: Queen Victoria was a virulent anti-tobacco lobbyist, and when she died in 1901 her son and heir, Edward VII, who was an avid cigar smoker, gathered his intimate friends at Buckingham Palace.