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DR JOHNSON'S LONDON
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| By: |
Liza Picard |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£9.98 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780226497 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780226491 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
23 May, 2013 |
| Edition: |
Digital original |
| Synopsis: |
The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the bestselling ELIZABETH'S LONDON.Like its popular and acclaimed predecessor RESTORATION LONDON, this book is the result of the author¿s passionate interest in the practical details of the everyday life of our ancestors, so often ignored in more conventional history books. Based on every possible contemporary source - diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, memoirs, government papers and reports - Liza Picard examines every aspect of life in London: the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry and shopping; clothes and jewellery, cosmetics and hairdressing; medicine, sex, hobbies, education and etiquette; religion and popular beliefs; law and crime. This book spans the years 1740 to 1770, starting when the gin craze was gaining ground and ending when the east coast of America was still British. |
| Illustrations: |
32 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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