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Posted by Binky (U4657795) on Friday, 18th June 2010
i have just finished reading a really fascinating book by lisa picard called 'dr.johnson's london.'
it's a study of the lives of ordinary people of the time - their food, medical care, transport, housing, work, education and pastimes.
if you want something to read on holiday, or as a bedside book, i can recommend this one without hesitation.
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Posted by Dame_Celia_ Molestrangler (U14257909) on Saturday, 19th June 2010
Sounds very interesting - the kind of history I like. Not about kings, wars and politics but about how people used to live. Shall keep my eye out for it in the library.
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Just a thought, Binky, but perhaps you would consider introducing it next year as a 'Book of the Month'? We are open to all sorts of books, and have had non-fiction in the past.
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Posted by Dame_Celia_ Molestrangler (U14257909) on Sunday, 20th June 2010
Actually, I started a book in a similar vein last night. Bill Bryson's latest book called At Ö÷²¥´óÐã. All about the things in the house he lives in - like what is a scullery, how were they used, why, the people that worked in them and stuff like that.
It's a wonderful ramble of a book that covers a lot of food history, too. Got halfway through the 480 pages in about 5 hours. So, although it's a doorstep of a book in hardback, it's not a difficult read.
It concentrates mainly on history from around the mid-nineteenth century onwards but there are forays to even the age of exploration as exemplified by Magellan and Columbus.
Binky, Lisa Picard is a great writer. I have also heard her speak and she is equally engaging in rl. Another fan here.
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