Drinking Brontës

After Branwell's drinking excesses we wonder what Charlotte would think of her presence (and her sister's) in this recently published book:

More Literary Drinkers
by Pete Bunten with graphics and design by Roger Buck.
Published 2007 - 52 pages, illustrated.
Pynot Publishing
ISBN 978-0-9552251-3-0

Regular readers will be pleased to know that a follow-up compilation of these absorbing studies – featuring illustrations by Roger Buck and photographs of Townes Brewery supremo, Alan Wood – has been produced and is now on sale.
Whereas the first book was a retrospective collection of Pete's articles, More Literary Drinkers will be the source of future such InnSpire articles for many years to come!
The sketches follow the same pattern as the first successful series: a mixture of biography and critical comment, but all exploring the debt that literature owes to drink and drinking.
Here you will find a new perspective on Emily and Charlotte Brontë, on D H Lawrence and Dorothy Parker, on James Bond and on Tolkien’s hobbits. Many authors you will know; some may be new to you; all have their story to tell.
‘Poems written by water-drinkers will never last nor give pleasure,’ claimed the Roman poet Horace. Ernest Hemingway was of the opinion that good writers were drinking writers. Take a deep draught of the literary drinkers within and decide for yourselves.
With extended pages, more illustrations and now perfect bound, the new volume is exellent value!
The 52-page book features the lives of 22 famous writers from the Brontë Sisters to Evelyn Waugh and is excellent value at just £3.95 from book stores or £4.50 (incl. p&p).

More Literary Drinkers features: The Brontës, Roy Campbell, J. P. Donleavy, Ian Fleming, John Fothergill, Oliver Goldsmith, W. W. Jacobs, Jerome K. Jerome, D. H. Lawrence, Lewis and Tolkien, Norman MacCaig, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Thomas Nashe, Eugene O’Neill, Dorothy Parker, Joseph Roth, Shakespeare, R. S. Surtees, Graham Swift, Evelyn Waugh.

Author, Pete Bunten has studied, taught and written in Derbyshire, Liverpool, Newcastle, Kent and Cambridge. When the inevitable invitation to appear on ‘Desert Island Discs’ arrives, his chosen luxury will be the bar of a traditional British pub.

Graphic Artist, Roger Buck: Reasons to be cheerful: "Draught English Pale Ale, Belgian Wheat Beer, Beaujolais, Raki, Cuban Rum, Bombay Gin, Beer Chang, Mekong Whisky. Drink local".

Categories: Books, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë