Famed composer Franz Liszt once professed that "a good Cuban cigar closes the door to the vulgarities of the world." While crafting this ode to Cuba's most famous export, author Mr Charles Del Todesco spent two years researching and documenting the production of the cigar, its hallowed history within Cuban culture and the worldly status being hecho en Cuba has come to symbolize.

• Havana: Legendary Cigars by Charles Del Todesco; Photography by Patrick Jantet
• 240-page hardcover book
• Publication date: 2014
• Publisher: Assouline Publishing, New York
• ISBN: 978-1-6142-8226-6