A brief history of drunkenness by Mark Forsyth | Les Éditions du Sonneur

Did you know that the Persians had the custom of debating political questions first while drunk, and then sober? That the Vikings believed that poetry was born in the fumes of mead? That among the Aztecs, a drunkard risked strangulation in public? That the Australian healthcare system was built thanks to rum? That there were no saloon doors with double hinges in the American West?

These are some of the surprising topics discussed in "A Short History of Drunkenness". With erudition, Mark Forsyth paints a history of humanity through its relationship with alcohol, its pitfalls, and its gods, never missing an opportunity to make us laugh.