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Absinthe - A Sip of Seduction
is a rare book addressing the bawdy reputation of the once-banned liquor.

Absinthe is the title
of John P. Roach Jr.'s new biography on the life of legendary painter Edgar Degas

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Absinthe: History in a Bottle
Few drinks conjure the cultural associations and charged atmospheres that absinthe does even now some 70 years after its ban in Europe and the U.S. Freelance writer Conrad sees absinthe "as a skeleton key to the fin de siecle's secrets." An engaging combination of art history sociology travelogue and artists' biography this clever hybrid recounts both the praise heaped upon the alcoholic beverage and the tales of destroyed creativity and absinthe-related violence that led to its prohibition. Turn-of-the-century Paris comes alive as does its expatriate society of the '20s. Oil paintings etchings and artifacts with absinthe themes by Manet Van Gogh Lautrec and others adorn the pages and quotes and anecdotes about the green liqueur by Wilde Ba ...

Absinthe Quotations

Absinthe from pre-1915 bottles coveted by of the controversial French spirit.

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Absinthe Murders

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History
La Fee Verte (or "The Green Fairy") has intoxicated artists, poets, and writers ever since the late eighteenth century. Stories abound of absinthe's druglike sensations of mood lift and inspiration due to the presence of wormwood, its infamous "special" ingredient, which ultimately leads to delirium, homicidal mania, and death. Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murdres, Phil Baker offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as an herbal tonic through its luxuriantly morbid heyday in the late nineteenth century. Chronicling a fascinatintly lurid cast of historical characters who often died young, the absinthe scrapbook includes Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dowson, Aleister ...