Gin Glorious Gin
How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London
$24.34
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2015
Summary
GIN GLORIOUS GIN is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire, to the emergence of cocktail bars in the West End, the story is brought right up to date with the resurgence of class in a glass - the Ginnaissance.
As gin has crossed paths with Londoners of all classes and professions over the past three hundred years it has become sho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472215345 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472215346 |
| Author: | Olivia Williams |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 136mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
This is just the tonic!– Rachel Johnson
Full of fun and fascinating detail - Jilly Cooper
This is just the tonic! - Rachel JohnsonA real treat for gin lovers - Mark HixFinally - the book that provides the background to today’s gin craze. The perfect present (along with a bottle of gin) for any gin lover - Fiona Beckett, Guardian wine criticI blame this book for my newly-discovered gin addiction - Bryony GordonA refreshing cocktail of a biography, fizzing with historical detail. Loved it. - Viv GroskopEntertaining - The IndependentAbout The Author
Olivia Williams
Olivia graduated with a scholarship in Modern History from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she remained for her master’s degree. In her final year, she won the Rupert Murdoch Scholarship for student journalism. She worked as a trainee journalist at the Daily Mail before leaving to write GIN GLORIOUS GIN last year. Olivia lives in London, where she is a freelance writer, and a taster of many gins. This is her first book.
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