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This idiosyncratic book takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from high-end grooming and care, including open razors, strops and Belgian waterstone; silver-tipped badger shaving brushes, shaving soaps and D R Harris's Pick-me-up, loofahs and sponges, through colognes and scents, including history, constituents, triggers and individual colognes, then into dressing accessories, such as slippers, watches, cufflinks and shirt studs, and tie pins, even how to assess precious stones as well as a fascinating account, from primary sources, of the evolution of the dinner jacket-Tuxedo. Moreover, if you want to know not just how to mix drinks but something of their history, as well as the history of beer, cider and mead; sweets of all kinds, chocolate, tea and coffee; matching food and drink (and not just food and wine) and then every essential fact about tobacco, pipes, Havana cigars, cigarettes and snuff, it's all here, as well as where to buy the products that are mentioned. But it does not stop there. The journey continues on to a consideration of some of London's fascinating venues, including pubs, clubs, restaurants, hotels and bars; some nice points of conduct and the author's reflections on such things as feminine wiles (what women really look for) and even how to stop a fight. There is a chapter on selecting and buying gifts for the lady in your life, a dictionary of Anglo-American sartorial terms and it ends, as it begins, with thoughts of England as home. The author has submitted the book in draft to the scrutiny of leading world experts on the various topics and so, as well as being entertaining, it is backed by authority.
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Nicholas Storey was born in Cornwall. After reading law at University College, London, he qualified as a lawyer and then worked in legal publishing, the government legal service, the city and also spent some time in private practice, before deciding to move to Brazil, to find the time and space in which to write. He is one of two general editors of a text book on health service law and practice and various articles and letters in the British national and local press (as well as The Rio Times); several online publications and is the author of the well-received History of Men's Fashion - What the Well Dressed Man is Wearing (Pen & Sword, 2008).
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Format:Hardcover
This book was bought for me as a Christmas gift with the hope (expressed by handwritten inscription on the inside cover) that it should amuse and entertain. It has certainly done that! Upon first perusal the book opened by happenchance at p. 105 where the author sets out 'An Aphrodisiac Menu'! What fun one might have with that suggestion!
As the title suggests this is a book for men (perhaps of a waggish disposition) who are 'About Town' and take delight in the finer things of life and wish to learn a little more about how they should groom, select scents and colognes, matching food and drink, snuff taking & smoking, propelling pencils and much much more.....!
Being a perfect gentleman (ahem, hem)the author includes a chapter on selecting gifts 'For Her' and a chapter on conduct where he provides wise advice eg. on how to break up a fight! (sure to be of use!)
There is also a very useful chapter on a variety of venues worthy of a visit when in London - restaurants, London Clubs, tea rooms, pubs, fish 'n' chip shops etc., etc. - all with a short description and particular points of interest described.
A book well suited for the last hour of the evening with glass of brandy in hand.......
As the title suggests this is a book for men (perhaps of a waggish disposition) who are 'About Town' and take delight in the finer things of life and wish to learn a little more about how they should groom, select scents and colognes, matching food and drink, snuff taking & smoking, propelling pencils and much much more.....!
Being a perfect gentleman (ahem, hem)the author includes a chapter on selecting gifts 'For Her' and a chapter on conduct where he provides wise advice eg. on how to break up a fight! (sure to be of use!)
There is also a very useful chapter on a variety of venues worthy of a visit when in London - restaurants, London Clubs, tea rooms, pubs, fish 'n' chip shops etc., etc. - all with a short description and particular points of interest described.
A book well suited for the last hour of the evening with glass of brandy in hand.......
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book expecting, well, the history of men's accessories. A somewhat scholarly look at where they come from, how they have developed and why they are the way they are. That is not what I got!
What I got was erratic and poorly organised information about this and that. An example, the entire section about sunglasses: "Sunglasses. Here Cutler & Gross, Persol and Rayban top the list. Cutler & Gross and Persol sunglasses are also available with prescription lenses" (sic).
Ehh ... ok. If you say so.
Other sections will give very brief summaries of certain brands, like: "Pinaud's Lilac Vegetal. This is a famous, bracing, lilac-scented aftershave." Ok then. Then we have a look at ingredients of some cocktails and later yet more brand descriptions and, suddenly, 30 pages with "interesting venues", all in London.
It is an odd book. Absolutely useless for me. Virtually no history in it despite the title. I honestly don't know who this book is for, and at the very least, the title should not be so misleading.
Add a dull alyout with all images (and there aren't many) clustered in a few pages and I can only give this 1 out 5. A waste of my money.
What I got was erratic and poorly organised information about this and that. An example, the entire section about sunglasses: "Sunglasses. Here Cutler & Gross, Persol and Rayban top the list. Cutler & Gross and Persol sunglasses are also available with prescription lenses" (sic).
Ehh ... ok. If you say so.
Other sections will give very brief summaries of certain brands, like: "Pinaud's Lilac Vegetal. This is a famous, bracing, lilac-scented aftershave." Ok then. Then we have a look at ingredients of some cocktails and later yet more brand descriptions and, suddenly, 30 pages with "interesting venues", all in London.
It is an odd book. Absolutely useless for me. Virtually no history in it despite the title. I honestly don't know who this book is for, and at the very least, the title should not be so misleading.
Add a dull alyout with all images (and there aren't many) clustered in a few pages and I can only give this 1 out 5. A waste of my money.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A meandering journey
16 April 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The days of the Gentleman are slowly ebbing away, despite the efforts of a few committed souls. Mr. Storey is one of them, and in his latest book, he touches on the finer points of the accessories a Gentleman might find in this benighted modern world.
While not as captivating as his first book, this meandering through the world of cuff links and brollies, colognes and such, reads like a living history book; this is the way it should be done, and often he provides the means to get the "right stuff".
I enjoyed the book, and it is something on a night at home I anticipate dipping into. Very well-written, with an easy flow to the words.
While not as captivating as his first book, this meandering through the world of cuff links and brollies, colognes and such, reads like a living history book; this is the way it should be done, and often he provides the means to get the "right stuff".
I enjoyed the book, and it is something on a night at home I anticipate dipping into. Very well-written, with an easy flow to the words.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Gentlemans's Compleat Guide to the Details of Life
9 Jan 2012
Format:Hardcover
Mr. Storey has done it again, and this time with men's accessories.
Do you want to know all about cigars and cigarettes? You will be a connoisseur of both after reading his section on this topic. Would you like to know about fine fragrance, as the importance of what scent a gentleman sprays upon his person is as important as the colour, pattern and fold of his pocket square? Mr. Storey will tell you exactly which fragrances befit the modern gentleman and why--down to their constituents.
This book has all the small details of gentlemanly living--including the sporting life--outlined in detail, from the the choice of one's fowling rifle to where to find the perfect club.
So thorough is Mr. Storey in his instruction that he even tells the gentle reader what food and wine to serve a lady before a grand seduction.
An informative read and quite funny in some places.
Do you want to know all about cigars and cigarettes? You will be a connoisseur of both after reading his section on this topic. Would you like to know about fine fragrance, as the importance of what scent a gentleman sprays upon his person is as important as the colour, pattern and fold of his pocket square? Mr. Storey will tell you exactly which fragrances befit the modern gentleman and why--down to their constituents.
This book has all the small details of gentlemanly living--including the sporting life--outlined in detail, from the the choice of one's fowling rifle to where to find the perfect club.
So thorough is Mr. Storey in his instruction that he even tells the gentle reader what food and wine to serve a lady before a grand seduction.
An informative read and quite funny in some places.
Not what I expected
30 Mar 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The title is somewhat misleading . This is not a book on the history , development and evolution of gentlmanly accouterment . Not dissapointed but not what I expected or hoped it would be .
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