PublishedDoubleday, November 2013 |
ISBN9780857521385 |
FormatHardcover, 560 pages |
Dimensions25.3cm × 20.2cm × 3.7cm |
What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. This thought inspired Bill Bryson start a journey around his house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be.
Along the way he allowed himself delightful digressions on the history of everything from architecture to epidemics, from food preservation to the discovery of electricity, and from crinolines to toilets. This new, illustrated edition is enhanced by hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
