Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s

How did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What make-up did you wear? What pets did you keep?

Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing picture of how life in London was really lived in an age of Samuel Pepys, the libertine court of Charles II and the Great Fire of London. The topics covered include houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework, laundry and shopping, medicine and dentistry, sex education, hobbies, etiquette, law and crime, religion and popular belief. The London of 350 years ago is brought (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life.

'A joy of a book ... It radiates throughout that quality so essential in a good historian: infinite curiosity' Observer

Title - Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s

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Author - Liza Picard

ISBN 13 - 9781842127308

Imprint - Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher - Orion Publishing Co

Date Published - 06/05/2004

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 173 x 202 x 26mm

Weight - 274 g

Languages - English