A Rum OLE Norfolk Year
A Rum OLE Norfolk Year

Author: Keith Skipper

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-04

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781909796300

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A selection from thirty years of diaries kept by Norfolk author Keith Skipper. His intent is to salute the downright silly, to acknowledge outstanding achievers, to bless those able to brighten the dullest of days and to congratulate all with a penchant for attracting publicity in the name of home-grown posterity.

Virginia Distilled: Four Centuries of Drinking in the Old Dominion
Virginia Distilled: Four Centuries of Drinking in the Old Dominion

Author: Patrick Evans-Hylton

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-10-04

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1467144282

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Colonist George Thorpe first crafted "corn beere," an ancestor to bourbon, in 1620 at Berkeley Plantation, and George Washington once operated one of the nation's largest distilleries. Icy mint juleps were first served in Virginia until the state was one of the first to enact Prohibition. That dark period gave rise to bootlegging, moonshining and even NASCAR. Through well-documented research, interviews with key stakeholders and plenty of cocktail recipes for the reader to shake and stir at home, author Patrick Evans-Hylton showcases the rich history of four hundred years of drinking in the Commonwealth. Raise a glass to Virginia, birthplace of American spirits, and its long history of distilling and imbibing.

The Sex Secrets Of Old England
The Sex Secrets Of Old England

Author: Nigel Cawthorne

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0349421358

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Once again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the strange, hidden sexual history of England. The history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over by 'proper' historians: Nigel Cawthorne has burrowed deep into the archives to reveal exactly what our ancestors got up to in bed (and out of it). There are chapters on the ancient arts of seduction, adultery, brothels, 'the English vice', contraception, defloration, and many more - from the torrid Tudors to the supposedly strait-laced Victorians.