Judith Flanders, a Canadian historian and author of several bestsellers, talks about the evolution of the concept of “home” in Europe and America, so you can be sure of the accuracy of the information and the ease of style.
From stories about how and why they hung carpets in Flanders or copper chandeliers in The Hague, about how the everyday twilight of houses grew a huge branch of the Gothic novel in Anglo-German literature, and about Robinson Crusoe, who most of all missed on the island without hot chocolate and chimney tongs, the image of an archetypal house gradually emerges. Places where you can feel safe, lay down your weapons, get food and warmth, and take care of each other.
Centerpolygraph, 319 p.