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An Intimate History of the Home
Walker & Company
March 2012
On Sale: February 28, 2012
368 pages
ISBN: 0802779956
EAN: 9780802779953
Kindle: B00745YW3K
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries"? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? All these questions will be answered in this juicy, smelly, and truly intimate history of home life. 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 will make you see your home with new eyes.
 Media BuzzFresh Air - NPR - March 13, 2012
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