Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London

(Paperback)

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Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the practical details of everyday life - and the conditions in which most people lived - so often ignored in conventional history books. The book begins with the River Thames, which - from its surly water-men to its great occasions - played such a central part in the city's life. It moves on to the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework and shopping; clothes, jewellery and make-up; health and medicine; sex and food; education, etiquette and hobbies; religion, law and crime. 'Elizabeth's London is, like its predecessors, a storehouse of fascinating information. Every page contains a nugget' Daily Mail

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'this is a book for ducking and weaving through... this makes satisfying toilet reading - especially the bits about how private loos in the age of Shakespeare were even nastier than our nastiest public loos today.' -- Christopher Bray THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Liza Picard brilliantly captures the spirit of the age.' EXPRESS 'ELIZABETH'S LONDON is satisfyingly rich and substantial.' -- Daniel Hahn AROUND THE GLOBE

Author Bio

Liza Picard was born in 1927. She read law at the London School of Economics and qualified as a barrister, but did not practise.

She worked for many years in the office of the Solicitor of the Inland Revenue and lived in Gray's Inn and Hackney, before retiring to live in Oxford.

RESTORATION LONDON, the result of many years' interest and research into London life, was her first book.

Previous titles:

Elizabeth's London (HC May 03);

Dr Johnson's London;

Restoration London