You can read this thick book with great interest from almost anywhere, discovering details from various areas of everyday life in Western Europe in the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries.
The five-volume «History of Private Life» was created in the 1980s by a group of French, English and American scholars led by Philippe Ariès. This year we have translated the third volume, which tells about the era that largely shaped our modernity. If you get tired of reading about how much attention English clerks paid to their bookshelves, skip ahead a few pages to learn about the culture of the feast, the upbringing of children, the intimate and friendly relations of the new time. In any case, the topic of interest will be found quickly.
UFO, 720 p.