With names like "Just a Dashwood," "Life's not Fairfax," "Glass Half Fullerton," and "Salt & Pemberley," you'll find yourself giggling before you ever take a sip. But this book is more than just fun bartending recipes - it's a learning experience as the author explains the basic terms, ingredients, tools, glasses, and skill level required to make authentic Georgian drinks. Accompany Austen and her characters to family parties and fancy events as Mullaney mines her books and letters for appropriate quotes to accompany the cocktails. Whether indulging in Fanny's Folly or Bloody Elliot, you'll find the bar for authentic history is set high in this little book packed to the brim with irresistible punchlines. Sterling Epicure, NY. 2019. Hb. USED. $7.00