Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Bill Bryson Издательство: DoubleDay Страниц: 560 ISBN: 978-0-857-52138-5
Описание
We devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex and endeavouring to get comfortable. And where do all these normal activities take place? At home. This was the thought that inspired Bill Bryson to start a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, to consider how the ordinary things in life came to be. And what he discovered are surprising connections to anything from the Crystal Palace to the Eiffel Tower, from scurvy to body-snatching, from bedbugs to the Industrial Revolution, and just about everything else that has ever happened. The result is one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of how we live. This is a stunning new illustrated edition of At Home, which became one of the most lauded and bestselling history books of the last few years....
