Lord Ivywood, a cold idealist, pushes through a law that all but bans alcohol in England, under the influence of a Turkish prophet. In reply, the Irish adventurer Patrick Dalroy and the innkeeper Humphrey Pump uproot the sign of the Old Ship, load up a cask of rum and a cheese, and roam the countryside setting up a pub wherever the sign can stand.
Chesterton’s rollicking satire on prohibition and progressive fads, with drinking songs to spare and a view of Islam fixed in 1914. Download the free EPUB.