The Coffee House: A Cultural History
by:
Markman Ellis (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753818985 (0753818981)
Publish date: November 1st 2005
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
I was not particularly impressed by this book. The idea behind it, a history of the coffee house, does sound interesting, but the book itself is a very slow and dry read. A lot of the late 17th century into the 18th in Britain, when the coffee houses were flourishing, simply does not make for engagi...