Europe's CULTURE club.

THE continent is blessed with numerous fabled, centuriesold cafes - exquisite establishments where, as well as enjoying the perfect cappuccino and fancy piece of cake, you can learn about our shared European history. Ever since the mid-17th Century, when coffee houses first sprang up on the continent and in England, they have attracted pioneers and mavericks, people who started new cultural movements, and revolutionaries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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