{"product_id":"if-walls-could-talk-an-intimate-history-of-the-home-paperback","title":"If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including \u003ci\u003eLucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Wives with Lucy Worsley\u003c\/i\u003e, available on Netflix.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worsley is a thoughtful, charming, often hilarious guide to life as it was lived, from the mundane to the esoteric.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two \"dirty centuries\"? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen, covering the history of each room and exploring what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove-from sauce stirring to breast-feeding, teeth cleaning to masturbating, getting dressed to getting married-providing a compelling account of how the four rooms of the home have evolved from medieval times to today, charting revolutionary changes in society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Victoria\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel for young readers, she lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.24 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770603241760,"sku":"9781620402351","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2324a43f22be6a9ec7a608a03a0dda02.webp?v=1780374982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-walls-could-talk-an-intimate-history-of-the-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}