Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Condition: SECONDHAND
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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 then 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.
Author: Liza Picard
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 133mm x 196mm, 357 g
Published: 2004, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
Description
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 then 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: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London