If Walls Could Talk - An Intimate History of the Home

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court. She also appears regularly on radio and television, on BBC1's The One Show , as well as Timewatch and other history programmes. Lucy is the author of Courtiers: The Secret History of Kensington Palace and Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses. Please drop in at www.lucyworsley.com for more information. Klappentext Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit?All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove. If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home , by Lucy Worsley, is a fascinating look at how people really lived, loved and died over the centuries, by the acclaimed historian and author of Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court and Cavalier: The Story of a 17th-Century Playboy. Zusammenfassung Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit?All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Worsley, Worsley Lucy
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.01.2012
• EAN: 9780571259540
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25954-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, Social & cultural history, DESIGN / History & Criticism, Local interest, family history & nostalgia, Local & family history, nostalgia, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history