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Restoration London

By Liza Picard

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Restoration London

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Description
How did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What make-up did you wear? What pets did you keep? Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing picture of how life in London was really lived in an age of Samuel Pepys, the libertine court of Charles II and the Great Fire of London. The topics covered include houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework, laundry and shopping, medicine and dentistry, sex education, hobbies, etiquette, law and crime, religion and popular belief. The London of 350 years ago is brought (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life. 'A joy of a book ... It radiates throughout that quality so essential in a good historian: infinite curiosity' Observer
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2004-05-06
Publication Date:
2004-05-06
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1842127306
ISBN13:
9781842127308
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
320 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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