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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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Elizabeth's London. Everyday Life in Elizabethan Lnodon, Liza Picard
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Elizabeth's London. Everyday Life in Elizabethan Lnodon
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Liza Picard
- Verlag
- Phoenix
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0753817578
- ISBN13
- 9780753817575
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Britische Literatur, 16. Jahrhundert, Tudors
- Bewertung
- 3,8 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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