1781851336 
Book Restoration : the year of the Great Fire / Alexander Larman.
Publication year: 2016
Language: English
Media type Book
Publisher: Head of Zeus,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781781851333 (hardback) :
Notes:
Illustrations on endpapers.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent: xv, 285 pages ; 25 cm
Available: 1
Total number of loans: 1
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Description:
A portrait of life in England under the Restoration, focusing on the year of 1666, when the Great Fire of London occurred. Reveals how people ate and drank, how they loved, lived and died and how they interacted. From the author of }Blazing Star{. In an England inhabited by Pepys, Evelyn, Dryden, Hobbes and the young Isaac Newton, Charles II is king, and the nation is beginning to relax a little after the tough, joyless years of Cromwell's Protectorate. In RESTORATION, Alex Larman paints a fascinating portrait of a country in the throes of social, political and cultural change following the convulsions of the Interregnum. Exploring every level of English society, from innkeepers and upholsterers to lawyers and courtiers, and examining themes as diverse as marriage, sexuality and religion, he creates a pointilliste and multi-faceted portrait of Restoration England. By looking at the year 1666 through the eyes of the people of the time, by revealing what they ate and drank, how they l
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