Elizabeth's London
Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
$41.64
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2004
Summary
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; cooki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753817575 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753817578 |
| Author: | Liza Picard |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 133mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Life of London |
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Critics Review
this is a book for ducking and weaving through…. this makes satisfying toilet reading - especially the bits about how private loos in the age of Shakespeare were even nastier than our nastiest public loos today. - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - Christopher Bray
Liza Picard brilliantly captures the spirit of the age. - EXPRESSELIZABETH’S LONDON is satisfyingly rich and substantial. - AROUND THE GLOBE - Daniel HahnAbout The Author
Liza Picard
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.
Previous titles:
Elizabeth’s London;
Dr Johnson’s London;
Restoration London
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