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Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (2002, Paperback, Reprint) 
Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (2002, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (2002, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Liza Picard
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0312291531
ISBN-13: 9780312291532
Product ID: EPID2145731
Description: While Dr. Johnson was busy in his study compiling his dictionary, what did he likely wear and when did he take his lunch? This social history of London investigates the details of London in the age of Johnson, spanning the years 1740 to ...
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Synopsis
While Dr. Johnson was busy in his study compiling his dictionary, what did he likely wear and when did he take his lunch? This social history of London investigates the details of London in the age of Johnson, spanning the years 1740 to 1770. How did gin become the cocktail of the moment? Was it dangerous to go out in the street alone? How was laundry done? Picard answers these questions and many others in a lively manner, to create a living portrait of the era.

Details
Publication Date:2002-08-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
An intriguing journey into the colorful world of eighteenth-century London captures the practical details of everyday life--cooking, laundry, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, medicine, sex, education, etiquette, religion, crime--drawing on period diaries, newspapers, advice books, and other papers spanning the period from 1740 to 1770. Reprint. 10,000 first printig.

Industry Reviews
"[Picard's] curiosity and practical femininity enliven this charming ragbag of information about mid-eighteenth-century London. This is not a book designed for an academic social-history course, though undergraduates will doubtless plunder it for its delightful vignettes and quotations."
Times Literary Supplement - Peter Earle (01/05/2001)

"This pleasingly plotless book offers fascinating snapshots of the appealing and the repellent in a particular time and place."
Publishers Weekly (05/14/2001)

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