READ Churchill A Drinking Life Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails

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Churchill A Drinking Life Champagne, Cognac,
and Cocktails
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Churchill A Drinking Life Champagne, Cognac, and
Cocktails Description
Les Dames d 8217 Escoffier M F K Fisher Prize for
a Work of Distinction An intoxicating read Youll
want to consume it twice 8212 A J Baime, New York
Times bestselling author of The Accidental
President and Dewey Defeats Truman A fun little
book packed with historic Churchill information,
drinking companions, locations, and preferences,
as well as plenty of cocktail recipes! Churchill
was seldom short of a witty remark, and made his
views on drinking quite well-known I have taken
far more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken
out of me 8221 When feeling down he said he felt
like a bottle of champagne left uncorked for the
night 8221 And when encouraging a young
government minister to indulge in another drink,
he promised, Go ahead, I won 8217 t write it in
my diary 8221 Divided into four sections 8212
Drink Choices, Drinking Companions, Drinking
Spots, and Drink Recipes 8212 this book will keep
readers turning the pages of fresh and fun
material as they lift a drink along with Winston
The book will also focus on the various eras 8212
from the 1910s through the 1960s 8212 the times
in which he was drinking alone and with others
Working with the historic companies that kept him
refreshed, it will include vintage advertisements
and marketing material from their closely guarded
archives Winston certainly drank with a colorful
cast of characters, and you 8217 ll glimpse those
such as FDR, Stalin, Coco Chanel, Charlie
Chaplin, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and
various other kings, queens, dukes, and duchesses
Among the elegant settings we will pop in and out
of for a drink include Hearst Castle, Chanel 8217
s house in the South of France, the Ritz Hotel in
Paris, the Dorchester in London, Monaco, the
Savoy, the Biltmore, and of course the bars and
first-class cabins of the famed ocean liners the
Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary So raise a
glass and join us in toasting Churchill 8217 s
life and unique abilities!