{"product_id":"london-dry-ted-bruning-9781732235434","title":"London Dry: The Real History of Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew drinks have been more vilified than gin. From its birth in 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century Holland to the class-conscious London suburbs of the 1950s gin has been condemned by evangelists and snobs alike, attracting an opprobrium that springs more from the ignorance and prejudice of its detractors than from any quality inherent either in the liquor or in its drinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs artisan gin has become more and more popular in the past decade, more and more writers have found something to say about it; and it is a source of great frustration to find that every single \"historian\" of the subject (with the glaring exception of Professor Peter Clarke) has turned out to be a lazy retailer of unsupported propaganda. Clarke's unsparing curiosity in The Mother Gin Controversy in the Early 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century (Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1988) inspired the author to look afresh for similar shortcomings in other aspects of gin's history. He found plenty \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Bruning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732235430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732235434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Mule Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Ted Bruning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941771575551,"sku":"9781732235434","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6fba22a7-4a17-4c34-9b04-2595eaf5d55f.jpg?v=1681454872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/london-dry-ted-bruning-9781732235434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}