Cooper, Derek
A Taste of Scotch

Andre Deutsch, ISBN 0-233-98460-7, GBP 9.95, First Published 1989, 128 Pages, 22 x 21 cm, Hard Cover

Whisky has been the spirit of Scotland for centuries. It has inspired her poets, from Robert Burns to Harry Lauder, emboldened her soldiers, fortified the sick and given strength to the elbow of hunter and fisherman. In this lavishly illustrated anthology of wit and wisdom about the water of life, Derek Cooper has blended the thoughts and anecdotes of writers, distillers, sages, and drinkers through the ages on all aspects of this engrossing subject - the history of whisky, the making of whisky, the smuggling of whisky - but above all, the drinking of whisky. The result is just the thing for an evening in an armchair with a dram, or an early night with a toddy.