About this title: 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; ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781842127292ISBN:1842127292
Description: VG. Has a little light creasing to spine-otherwise a clean, tight copy, in excellent condition throughout. Dispatch within 24hrss. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
ISBN-13:9781842124376ISBN:1842124374
Description: New. 1842124374 Brand New. Cover has NO shelf wear. NO spine seams. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean with NO markings, NO creases and NO dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Edition: 1st trade ed
Binding: Softbound
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781842124376ISBN:1842124374
Description: New & unread, no Dj issued. WE SHIP SAME-DAY. Unmarked, never opened, spine is stiff. Compellingly readable account of the 'coffee houses and climbing boys' of the 18th century. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780297842187ISBN:0297842188
Description: Very Good; Pages clean and binding tight. Signed by author. Book appears unread but a few pages are bumped from storage. Shipped from a smoke free environment in Michigan. (NON-FCTN) 0297842188. Mass Market PB; 1.57 x 9.21 x 6.38 Inches; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 19/07/2001
ISBN-13:9781842124376ISBN:1842124374
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 19/07/2001
ISBN-13:9781842124376ISBN:1842124374
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781842124376ISBN:1842124374
Description: Very Good. Rapid dispatch with careful packaging. We're a friendly and helpful family company, please get in touch if you need any help. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780297842187ISBN:0297842188
Description: Very Good-in Very Good dust jacket. 0297842188. 2nd impression; light creasing to edges of dust jacket; boards are bumped on corners, spine ends softened; no internal markings. England. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; 1.57 x 9.21 x 6.38 Inches; 362 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781842127292ISBN:1842127292
Description: New. The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the best-selling ELIZABETH'S LONDON. read more
Description: Fine. In this fascinating work, Picard has produced a well researched and beautifully written history of everyday life in London in the 18th century. Picard's street level approachbuilds up a compelling picture of how Londoners of the tome lived. She gives a vivid account of such things as coffee-houses, climbing boys, mrdicine, gin, poverty, and press gangs, as well as the fashionable brothels that the visiting Casanova frequented. The book itself is in pristine condition. Spine and covers ... read more
"After just touring Dr. Johnson's house in London, this book could not have been read at a better time. Dr. Johnson published his great dictionary in 1755 and this book spans the time period between 1740 thru 1770. Many interesting details..The British Library was started by a lottery, Wilbur Wilberforce (who worked to abolish slavery) also worked to abolish the lottery and on and on. Details about freak shows, prostitues and how both rich and poor lived, drank and worked in London town. The book begins with the gin craze and ends just before Britian loses control of America. Great read."
"Fascinating book. Not as good as her Restoration London; in part, because this book covers a much longer time period. It is hard to tell how life in London changed within that this period. Restoration London had a more intimate feel and I like that it closely followed Pepys' diary. This book quotes Dr. Johnson but not in as close a way. However, this is still an enjoyable and enlightening read."
"For anyone interested in daily life in eighteenth century London, down to the most minute details. Written in a very funny and intelligent voice, the book reads as if you are being led around the city by an old, dry-witted friend. Highly recommended- just for the trip across London by sedan chair alone. Huzzah!"
"This could have been more detailed but I'm a whore for anything Victorian and Dr. Johnson's London is readable and filled with lots of great facts for anyone who's interested in the Victorian era."
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