319 pages ; 23 cm

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 Hemingway - and unknown voices who impacted our wonderful capital city

Includes bibliographical references (page 317)

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Ginnaissance -- 2.The Trouble Begins -- 3.A Slow But Sure Poyson -- 4.Gin Geography -- 5.Into the Georgian Gin Shop -- 6.Madam Geneva's Women -- 7.Clamping Down on the Poisoners-General -- 8.Drunk for a Penny, Dead Drunk for Two Pence -- 9.A Pint of Purl and a Kick in the Guts -- 10.Gins Other Powers -- 11.The Advent of the Gin Palaces -- 12.The National Gallery Versus the Gin Palaces -- 13.Moderation Versus Teetotalism -- 14.The Gentlemen Distillers -- 15.London Dry -- 16.Gin is the Tonic -- 17.Fancy Drinks -- 18.Grime and Grandeur -- 19.How are the Martinis? Dry as a Bone -- 20.Survival -- 21.Advance Britannia! -- 22.London Gets Into a Groove, while Gin Gets Into a Rut -- 23.The G&T Loses Its Fizz -- 24.Prawn Cocktails and Black Forest Gateaux -- 25.The Way We Drink Now

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