Thomas Tylston Greg Through a Glass Lightly

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A love letter to wine, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London LibraryA drinker's crown of sorrow is remembering wetter daysThe nineteenth century was considered a golden age of wine-exemplified by improved production techniques, better bottle making and the spread of the corkscrew. But it was also at this time that the temperance and teetotalism movements reached their heights: societies for studying inebriation began to be set up. No wonder, given that many nineteenth- (and twentieth-) century British prime ministers were habitually drunk.But Thomas Tylston Greg's loving address to the various kinds of wine was written not from a position of fear or of temperance, but from one of deep affection and intimate knowledge of the drinks he loved so much.Through a Glass Lightly: Confession of a Reluctant Water Drinker is part of "Found on the Shelves", published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.