{"product_id":"if-walls-could-talk-lucy-worsley-9781620402351","title":"If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including \u003ci\u003eLucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Wives with Lucy Worsley\u003c\/i\u003e, available on Netflix.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worsley is a thoughtful, charming, often hilarious guide to life as it was lived, from the mundane to the esoteric.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two \"dirty centuries\"? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen, covering the history of each room and exploring 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 masturbating, getting dressed to getting married-providing a compelling account of how the four rooms of the home have evolved from medieval times to today, charting revolutionary changes in society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy Worsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620402351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620402351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.60w x 1.01d","brand":"Lucy Worsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049752948991,"sku":"9781620402351","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d39234da-8a13-49bd-82de-a29dd907dfa1.jpg?v=1685003263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-walls-could-talk-lucy-worsley-9781620402351","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}