Gin: The Much-Lamented Death of Madam Geneva by Patrick Dillon

Gin: The Much-Lamented Death of Madam Geneva

Patrick Dillon

368 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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During the early eighteenth century, gin-drinking reached epidemic proportions in the slums of London. The spirit was sold from shops and market stalls, from basements and barrows in the streets, until every Londoner was averaging two pints of gin...

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