Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
Nov 25, 1998
Publisher
Random House UK
ISBN-10
0712665005
ISBN-13
9780712665001
Description
A social history of drink, this text discusses subjects as diverse as the medical prescriptions of alcohol from Biblical times on, the origins of toasting, and the reasons why the British became a nation of tea-drinkers. However, it is also a polemic, with views on the current political situation.
Genres
History