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Dr Johnson's London

Af: Liza Picard Engelsk Paperback

Dr Johnson's London

Af: Liza Picard Engelsk Paperback
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''A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure'' Peter Ackroyd
''Brings the age''s tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividly to life'' Observer

When Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary in 1755, London was the biggest city in Europe. The opulence of the rich and the comfort of the ''middling'' sort contrasted sharply with the back-breaking labour and pitiful wages of the poor. Executions were rated one of the best amusements, but there was bullock-hunting and cock-fighting too. Crime, from pickpockets to highwaymen, was rife, prisons were poisonous and law-enforcement rudimentary.

Dr Johnson''s London is the result of the author''s passionate interest in the practical details of the everyday life of our ancestors: the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry and shopping; clothes and cosmetics; medicine, sex, hobbies, education and etiquette. The book spans the years 1740 to 1770, starting when the gin craze was gaining ground and ending when the east coast of America was still British. While brilliantly recording the strangeness and individuality of the past, Dr Johnson''s London continually reminds us of parallels with the present day.

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''A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure'' Peter Ackroyd
''Brings the age''s tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividly to life'' Observer

When Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary in 1755, London was the biggest city in Europe. The opulence of the rich and the comfort of the ''middling'' sort contrasted sharply with the back-breaking labour and pitiful wages of the poor. Executions were rated one of the best amusements, but there was bullock-hunting and cock-fighting too. Crime, from pickpockets to highwaymen, was rife, prisons were poisonous and law-enforcement rudimentary.

Dr Johnson''s London is the result of the author''s passionate interest in the practical details of the everyday life of our ancestors: the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry and shopping; clothes and cosmetics; medicine, sex, hobbies, education and etiquette. The book spans the years 1740 to 1770, starting when the gin craze was gaining ground and ending when the east coast of America was still British. While brilliantly recording the strangeness and individuality of the past, Dr Johnson''s London continually reminds us of parallels with the present day.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9781842127292
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1842127292
Kategori: Georgian & Regency Britain
Udg. Dato: 6 maj 2004
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 6 maj 2004
Forfatter(e): Liza Picard
Forfatter(e) Liza Picard

Kategori Georgian & Regency Britain

ISBN-13 9781842127292

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 196mm

Højde 130mm

Udg. Dato 6 maj 2004

Oplagsdato 6 maj 2004

Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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