Ebook {Epub PDF} If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley

 · Historical curator Lucy Worsley details the intimate history of the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen in her new book. Author Interviews 'If Walls Could Talk': A History Of The HomeEstimated Reading Time: 7 mins. If reading a simple description of Dr Worsley's "If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home" makes you suspect it is a dry tome; please think again. This entertaining and fascinating read is anything but and is the companion book to her outstanding BBC 4 series of the same www.doorway.ru by:  · Lucy Worsley explores the Living Room in the history of the home. Episode one of a four part series.

Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen, covering the architectural history of each room, but concentrating on 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 masturbation, getting dressed to getting married, this book. If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home, by Lucy Worsley, is a fascinating look at how people really lived, loved and died over the centuries, by the acclaimed historian and author of Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court and Cavalier: The Story of a 17th-Century Playboy. Title If walls could talk: an intimate history of the home / Lucy Worsley. Imprint New York: Walker, Description xv, pages: illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Formatted Contents Note. Part One: An intimate history of the bedroom. Part Two: An intimate history of the bathroom. Part III: An intimate history of the living room.

Lucy Worsley explores the Living Room in the history of the home. Episode one of a four part series. 4/5: I haven't watched the TV series associated with 'If Walls Could Talk', but can imagine it was both fun and fascinating. This wide-ranging book is concerned with how the use of rooms in the UK home has changed over the centuries. It touches on many areas of social, political, and technological history, intersecting with more specific history books like At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home Lucy Worsley – review. The story of how we turned bricks and mortar into domestic bliss is an intriguing pleasure. Historian and writer Lucy.