Elizabeth's London. Everyday Life in Elizabethan Lnodon

Autori

• Liza Picard

Parametri

Pagine

400pagine

Tempo di lettura

14ore

• Letteratura britannica
• Narrativa
• Prosa storica
• Saggistica
• Storia

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Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the practical details of everyday life - and the conditions in which most people lived - so often ignored in conventional history books. The book begins with the River Thames, which - from its surly water-men to its great occasions - played such a central part in the city's life. It moves on to the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework and shopping; clothes, jewellery and make-up; health and medicine; sex and food; education, etiquette and hobbies; religion, law and crime. 'Elizabeth's London is, like its predecessors, a storehouse of fascinating information. Every page contains a nugget' Daily Mail

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2004

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