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Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)
Hideous Absinthe A History of the Devil in a Bottle - Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Author: Jad Adams
Mysteriously sophisticated, darkly alluring, almost Satanic: absinthe was the drink of choice for Baudelaire, Verlaine and Wilde. It inspired paintings by Degas and Manet, van Gogh and Picasso. It was blamed for conditions ranging from sterility to madness, to French defeats in World War I. The campaign against "the devil in a bottle" resulted i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781845116842
ISBN-10: 1845116844
Publication Date: 5/15/2008
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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