Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London - Hardcover

PICARD, LIZA

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9780297607298: Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London

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ISBN 10: 0297607294 ISBN 13: 9780297607298

Publisher: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003., 2003

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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.

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Praise for ELIZABETH'S LONDON:
"Wisely, she parcels out her findings in units that seldom come to more than one to three pages...there is an excellent index, a handy means of dealing with treasure that is piled high...You can open the book and start reading anywhere" --Richard Buell, Boston Globe
"Lively guide to Elizabethan England." -The Washington Post

Praise for DR. JOHNSON'S LONDON:
"Lively...[Picard] gives an excellent indication about what Londoners thought." --The Washington Times
"Quintessential...[Picard] does a marvelous job of unearthing material about London."--Buffalo News
"[Samuel] Johnson stated, 'When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.' Picard shows why."--Charleston Post & Courier

Praise for RESTORATION LONDON:
"Lively and informative, with a distinctly eccentric feel...entertaining."--Publishers Weekly
"[An] engaging survey."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law at the London School of Economics and qualified as a barrister, but did not practise. She worked for many years in the office of the Solicitor of the Inland Revenue and lived in Gray’s Inn and Hackney, before retiring to live in Oxford. Restoration London, the result of many years’ interest and research into London life, was her first book.

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PublisherLondon: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Publication date2003
ISBN 10 0297607294
ISBN 13 9780297607298
BindingHardcover
Edition number1
Number of pages342
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