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Dr Johnson's London: Everyday Life in London in the Mid 18th Century

Dr Johnson's London: Everyday Life in London in the Mid 18th Century

Liza Picard

The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the bestselling Restoration London. OVER 20,000 hardbacks and paperbacks sold.
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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; religion and popular beliefs; law and crime. This 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.

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Title - Dr Johnson's London: Everyday Life in London in the Mid 18th Century

Edition -

Author - Liza Picard

ISBN 13 - 9781842124376

Imprint - Weidenfeld & Nicolson History

Publisher - Orion Publishing Co

Date Published - 19/07/2001

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 139 x 216 x 33mm

Weight - 543 g

Languages - English