description: Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, memoirs, advice books, government papers, almanacs, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London was really lived in the 1600 the houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework, laundry and shopping, medicine and dentistry, sex, education, hobbies, etiquette, law and crime, religion and popular beliefs. 'There is almost no aspect of life in Restoration London that is not meticulously described in these 300-odd pages' Jan Morris, Independent
language: English
title: Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s
titlecomplete: Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s
characters: Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland
genres: Anthropology, Research, History, British Literature, Writing, Historical, Reference, Nonfiction, 17th Century, Microhistory
ratings_count: 699
places: London, England
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History