Dr Johnson's London by Liza Picard

The Blurb On The Back:

Using contemporary sources of every kind, Liza Picard describes the practical realities of everyday life that are so often ignored in the history books.

Houses, gardens, transport and traffic; occupations and work, pleasure and amusements; health, medicine and hospitals; sex and food, clothes and fashion; education, manners and etiquette; crime and punishment.

While recording the strangeness and individuality of the past, this book also continually reminds us of parallels with the present.

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The Verdict:

Absorbing and fascinating by turns, this is a good read for anyone interested in history without being overly academic.