The Dedalus Book of Absinthe
- Authors
- Baker, Phil
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Tags
- history
- ISBN
- 9781903517406
- Date
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.48 MB
- Lang
- en
This work traces absinthe's cultural origins as a herbal tonic through its morbid heyday in the late 19th century and the Absinthe Murders in 1905. After giving the pharmacology of absinthe, the book deals with the modus operandi of drinking it.