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