| #769729 in eBooks | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful Resource|By Juliana|Being the avid social history lover that I am, I was elated to discover a book that provided information of the Georgians and their homes. I had high hopes for this book, and I certainly was not disappointed! While she states that the book is mainly focused on the culture of the middle class, the reader is also able to learn bits here and there abo||
“If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored. Behind Closed Doors demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engag
In this brilliant new work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants with only...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Behind Closed Doors | Amanda Vickery. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
