Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London

by Olivia Williams

Book Overview

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 (with a G&T in hand), 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472215346
• ISBN13: 9781472215345
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Headline
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary