A man of manners and the fine art of resistance by Michelle Dean

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, December 25, 2016
Article: A man of manners and the fine art of resistance
Writer: Michelle Dean
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1. Count Rostov is the protagonist in "A Gentleman in Moscow."
2. Amor Towles wrote "A Gentleman in Moscow."
3. "A Gentleman in Moscow" was written by Amor Towles.
4. Rostov lives in Hotel Metropol.
5. Amor Towles lives in Manhattan, New York.
6. Amor Towles studied literature in college.
7. Amor Towles went to Stanford University and Yale University.
8. Amor Towles was working in the field of finance before writing his novels.
9. "The Rules of Civility" was Amor Towles' 2011 hit novel.
10. Towles came up with "A Gentleman in Moscow" by looking at Hotel Richemond in Geneva, Switzerland.
11. Rostov looks for simple pleasures in good wine, good food, and friendships.
12. Answers will vary

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Chapter 32 Gin, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 32: Gin


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1. Gin from the Netherlands is known as Geneva.
2. Dutch Physician Franciscus Sylvius, 1614-1674, invented Gin.
3. Gin arrived to England after the Thirty Years Wars in 1648.
4. King Charles I deposed of his crown in 1649 in the English Civil War.
5. Charles II lived in exile with his sister Mary in the Netherlands.
6. Oliver Cromwell executed King Charles I.
7. Genever is known as Hollands.
8. James II came into power after the death of his brother Charles II in 1685.
9. Declaration of Indulgence was granting much wider religious freedom to Catholics than had previously been.
10. The Immortal Seven were 6 Nobleman and a Bishop.
11. The Bill of Rights Act of 1689 was Parliament rather than the king and queen was ultimate power in Britain.
12. "Mother's Ruin" is also known as "Madame Geneva."
13. The Gin Acts of 1729-1751 has 5 Acts.