Last Orders: A Social History Of Drinking

Politicians fretting about the effects of our drinking habits on the nation’s health is nothing new. In this informative, entertaining and not-at-all sobering look at the social history of booze, you’ll read about the irresistible rise of gin in Georgian Britain, why wine supped in the Middle Ages would have horrified the modern palate and how women carved out their own space in the saloons of America.