The story of cigars.
The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed
through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Cigar. Evelyn Waugh
Exploring not just the extraordinary story of tobacco and cigars but
also a history that has been instrumental in the foundations of
societies and cultures, Cigars will take you on an astonishing journey
through landscapes, scents and an incredible roll call of the great, the
good and the not-so good. The cigar has provided solace and a chance for
worldly contemplation to generations of thinkers, businessmen, writers,
entrepreneurs and connoisseurs.
In this elegiac offering to the pinnacles of hand-rolled tobacco,
world-renowned expert Nicholas Foulkes guides you through the myths,
legends, nuances and delicious realities of the smoke-savouring
universe, serving as an introduction for the neophyte and a reference
for the connoisseur.
A cigar ought not to be smoked solely with the mouth, but with the hand,
the eyes, and with the spirit. Zino Davidoff