AT HOME

What does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business sleeping, eating, having sex, e ndeavouring to get comfortable.And where did 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 c ame to be. And what he discovered are surprising connections to anything from the Crystal Palace to the Eiffel Tower, from scurvy to body-sna...[Leer más]