The Absinthe EncyclopediaWritten by David Nathan Maister, the book surveys the history of absinthe from earliest days right up to the present, with a particular focus on its glittering heyday in Belle Epoque France. Hundreds of full colour illustrations document every aspect of the drink its distillation and production, the grande marques that distributed it, the bars and cafs that served it, the patrons men and women, rich and poor, soldiers and politicians, poets, artists,