Author: JESSICA WARNER Title: Craze. Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason: Consisting of a Tragicomedy in Three Acts in Which High and Low Are Brought Together, Much to Their Mutual Discomfort: Complete with Stories, Some Witty and Some Not, Conducive to Meditation on Recent Events
Description: 2004. Paperback. Pp: 288. An intimate, irreverent history of the 'gin craze' in eighteenth-century London 'Gin took London by storm in the first half of the 18th century. It 'was the original urban drug,' says Warner in this intriguing slice of social history. 'Cheap, potent, and r. ISBN: 9781861976017. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.
Keywords: 9781861976017
Price: EUR 5.00 = appr. US$ 5.43 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2080823
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