At home / Bryson, Bill

The author engages in a series of discussions about various historical aspects of ordinary life while wandering from room to room in his Victorian home in England, covering topics such as hygiene, sex, death, nutrition, the spice trade, and other domestic signs of things that occur out in the world.

Examines the history of domestic life traveling from room to room in a house. For example, the history of hygiene is discussed in the context of a bathroom and the kitchen provides the opportunity to consider topics such as nutrition and food preservation.

The author engages in a series of discussions about various historical aspects of ordinary life while wandering from room to room in his Victorian home in England, covering topics such as hygiene, sex, death, nutrition, the spice trade, and other domestic signs of things that occur out in the world.