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sminismoni's review against another edition
4.0
An encylopedic account of daily life in the period 1660-1670. It covers all the mundane, everyday activities, implements, social niceties, basic laws, clothing etc. The facts are peppered with small author asides and observations, bringing a little life to what would otherwise be a rather pedantic, shopping-list style account. Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guides cover similar historical periods, but tend to be more about how people behaved and got things done, and have a more conversational narrative style. This focusses slightly more on implements, social rules, building styles, daily schedules etc. Both are worth a read for different perspectives on the time period.
hazelbright's review
3.0
Reads like a bullet point list.
* The author generally does not elaborate on anything.
* For example, she mentions that the plague was not as lethal as some other disease, I think it was tuberculosis.
* You would probably want me to go look that up or something, or explain why Black Death was not as big a deal as the other disease. Too bad.
* Shoes were straight. There were no left or right shoes in those days. She mentioned that a couple of times.
* I enjoyed this book. After the above, you probably want to know why. Too bad.
* The author generally does not elaborate on anything.
* For example, she mentions that the plague was not as lethal as some other disease, I think it was tuberculosis.
* You would probably want me to go look that up or something, or explain why Black Death was not as big a deal as the other disease. Too bad.
* Shoes were straight. There were no left or right shoes in those days. She mentioned that a couple of times.
* I enjoyed this book. After the above, you probably want to know why. Too bad.
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