Gin Glorious Gin

How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London

By: Olivia Williams

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Paperback | 26 March 2015 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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18+

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2.1 x 12.9 x 19.8

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Gin Glorious Gin is a history of London refracted through its most iconic drink - a social history with gin goggles. It is a factual narration that leads the reader through Restoration London via the Gin Craze, then in and around prohibition, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), and returning to the modern resurgence of class in a glass - the Ginaissance. In and out of both legality and popularity - gin is the only drink to be simultaneously shorthand for metropolitan glamour and alcoholic squalor. It crosses paths with all professions and cuts through class - writers and artists, politicians and scientists, royalty - gin is a great leveller. Gin Glorious Gin is funny, quirky, interesting, informative and full of famous names - Dickens to Churchill, Hogarth to Hemmingway - and unknown voices who impacted our wonderful capital city. It is bang up to date, and reflects our current and enduring love affair with gin - a speakeasy history with substance.

Industry Reviews

Full of fun and fascinating detail - Jilly Cooper

This is just the tonic! - Rachel Johnson

A real treat for gin lovers - Mark Hix

Finally - 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 critic

I blame this book for my newly-discovered gin addiction - Bryony Gordon

A refreshing cocktail of a biography, fizzing with historical detail. Loved it. - Viv Groskop

Entertaining - The Independent

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