We had a cultural studies lecture not so long ago on Romanticism and something that came up which amongst other things i found intriguing was a book called Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Written in 1821 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight... It was first published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine, and secondly the Confessions were released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey.
Seemed like a pretty interesting title for a book so i went and set up a Libary account and ordered it into my local libary, think it should of arrived a while ago now, just need to go pick it up! Something that interests me even more is that the original book cover was used by Babyshambles for the cover of there second album "Shotters Nation".
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