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Mysterious, sophisticated, alluring and almost Satanic, absinthe was the drink of choice of Baudelaire, Verlaine and Wilde. It inspired Degas, Manet and Picasso and was thought to have led to the demise of many of Paris' fin-de-siecle inhabitants. Jad Adams recounts the drink's history.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2004University of Wisconsin Press · 294 pages · 9780299200008
- Other · English · 2004I.B. Tauris · 294 pages · 9781860649202
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