Description
| Product ID: | 9780571259540 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | If Walls Could Talk |
| Subtitle: | An intimate history of the home |
| Authors: | Author: Lucy Worsley |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit?All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove. Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two ''dirty centuries''? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-01-05 |
