Whiskey is a source of inspiration for writers and artists
The royals are also passionate lovers of strong drinks
There is a common belief that mentally weak people become addicted to drinking. But many studies have been conducted that confirm that famous, powerful and powerful individuals more often suffer from unhealthy cravings for alcohol.
Let us remember the great individuals who have made a huge contribution to history, art and culture, but at the same time cannot live a day without spirits.
The powerful leaders
Lady Elizabeth Angela Margaret Bowes-Lyon, mother of the late Elizabeth II, was the wife of King George VI featured in the famous film The King’s Speech. Britain’s beloved Queen Mother is becoming something of a national icon. However, this does not prevent her from being an ordinary person with ordinary vices: according to historians, she drinks alcohol at least 8 times a day – from wine and vodka to a good old pint of beer. Other rumors claim that the Queen drinks a bottle of gin a day but has no problem carrying out her royal duties. Contrary to all myths about people suffering from alcohol addiction, Elizabeth I happily lived to be 101 years old.
The founder of one of the greatest empires in human history, creating it before he was 30 years old, Alexander the Great is considered one of the greatest military leaders of all time. But at the same time, he was also named the biggest drunkard. There are legends about his love for lavish feasts. According to the chroniclers, he killed one of his soldiers in a drunken brawl after peacefully drinking with him all evening.
A supporter of a hedonistic lifestyle, the great general once decided to hold a competition “who will drink more.” None of the participants survived. Historians still debate whether Alexander the Great led the “drunken orgies” that eventually led to the burning of the Great Palace in Persian Persepolis in 330 BC.
Famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is well known for his appetite for spirits, especially in the latter stages of World War II. Once he openly admits that he always relies on alcohol and always has a glass of whiskey on his desk, and at lunch and dinner he drinks vodka and champagne.
A legendary figure of the 1990s, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin also suffered from alcoholism. He is known not only for his drunken appearances in public, but also for drunken antics – such as “playing a drum” on the head of the president of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev. Yeltsin often drank in public, including at important diplomatic events.
People of art
The great writer William Shakespeare, whose life is shrouded in many mysteries and legends, was constantly poured with alcohol and died of a fever after drinking with two of his colleagues. A researcher of the work of the famous playwright notes that this happens exactly on the day of his 52nd birthday, but this version has not been confirmed. At the time, typhus, popularly known as the “new fever”, was raging, so it is possible that Shakespeare’s death was caused not by his passion for drink, but by a cerebral hemorrhage.
During his lifetime, Shakespeare often said, “Civilization began with distillation,” and that’s the motto he stuck to. His favorite drink is whiskey… “I usually write at night,” he once said, adding, “I always have a whiskey handy.”
Bette Davis is one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She has a rich career spanning more than 7 decades. She is known for her sharp mind, strong character and her penchant for “the cup”. As Beth gets older, she starts pouring herself more cocktails and indulging in light afternoon pleasures. Every day.
Legendary comedian and movie star of the 1930s, W.S. Fields, was a notorious “drunkard.” When he’s on set, he always has the “flask” in hand. He prefers to call it “lemonade”. At one point, someone pours real lemonade into his glass, and Fields exclaims in amazement, “Who put lemonade in my lemonade?!”
American poet and writer Dorothy Parker often said: “One more drink and I own this bar.” She drank more than most of her male friends in 1920s New York.
Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of whiskey in his pocket.
Blue-eyed singer Frank Sinatra, the legend of the 20th century, almost always has a whiskey in his hand. “The Bourbon Baritone” was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels in his coat, as his children wished.
Ernest Hemingway is known not only for his works, but also for his love of alcohol.
Ernest Hemingway – the classic of American literature and famous author of For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea – is as famous for his drinking as his literary works. However, in conversations, he stubbornly denies the existence of addiction. He manages to fully indulge in alcohol while living in Cuba, where he enjoys various cocktails. They say that he is the author of the famous cocktail “Bloody Mary”! Who knows…
Like his fellow writer Faulkner, Ernest coined the motto: “A man does not exist when he is not drunk.” After his doctors ordered him to stop drinking in 1939, Hemingway tried to limit himself to three glasses of whiskey before dinner. It fails in its intention. Drinks tea and gin for breakfast, absinthe, vodka and wine in the afternoon.
2023-12-15 20:00:00
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