Coffee-House
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: March 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780753818985
Subjects: Social history; History; Food And Beverage Industries (Economic Aspects); Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; British Isles; Europe - Great Britain - General; Europe - Ireland; Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY; History / Great Britain; History / Social History; IRELAND_HISTORY; Customs & Traditions; Restaurants; Coffeehouses; England; London; Social aspects
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.