Gin glorious gin: How mother's ruin became the spirit of London - Olivia Williams

Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the emergence of cocktail bars in the West End, the story is brought right up to date with the resurgence of class in a glass — the Ginnaissance.

Quirky, informative, full of famous faces — from Dickens to Churchill, Hogarth to Dr Johnson — Gin Glorious Gin also introduces many previously unknown Londoners, hidden from history, who have shaped the city and its signature drink.