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London -- Beyond London -- The people -- Character -- Basic essentials -- What to wear -- Traveling -- Where to stay -- What to eat, drink and smoke -- Health and hygiene -- Law and disorder -- Entertainment.;"If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II; Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music, and Isaac Newton in science--the English Civil Wars are over and a magnificent new era has begun. But what would it really be like to live in Restoration Britain? Where would you stay and what would you eat? What would you wear? The third volume in the series of Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveler's Guides answers the crucial questions that a prospective traveler to seventeenth-century Britain would ask. How much should you pay for one of those elaborate wigs? Should you trust a physician who advises you to drink fresh cow's urine to cure your gout? Why are boys made to smoke in school? And why are you unlikely to get a fair trial in court? People's lives are changing rapidly--from

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Author

Mortimer, Ian

Publisher

Pegasus Books;Simon and Schuster

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781681778013

Category

history

Subjects

History, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (118 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14