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Hideous Absinthe, A History of the Devil in a Bottle Book

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In one century absinthe was transformed from the muse of artists, hymned by poets and the drink of the middle class, to become the queen of poisons which was responsible for all the ills of industrialization and for France's near defeat in the first weeks of World War One.

Jad Adams, the author, looks a the myths of absinthe and examines its influence on the artistic movements of the nineteenth century. He covers Degas, Manet and Picasso who all painted absinthe drinkers in pictures that are now considered masterpieces but were execrated at the time. Hideous Absinthe boldly combines the art, literature, science and social history of the nineteenth century to produce the story of a drink which came to symbolize the high points of art and the depths of degeneration.