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At Home by Bill Bryson

"Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) turns his attention from science to society in his authoritative history of domesticity, At Home: A Short History of Private Life. While walking through his own home, a former Church of England rectory built in the 19th century, Bryson reconstructs the fascinating history of the household, room by room."


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"House aren't refuges from history.  They are where history ends up."

A wide ranging history, that covers everything from the Crystal Palace and materials and techniques to build it to the history of plumbing, archeology, architecture, gardening, parks, fashion, wigs and much more,  At Home takes us room by room to examine how the home became a home.

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