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At Home

Bill Bryson

  • 637 pages · about 11 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 31 editions
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1 About this book

At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a history of domestic life written by Bill Bryson. It was published in May 2010. The book covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room.

Good for readers who want: history and a long read.

  • East India Company
  • Industrial revolution
  • Environmental aspects
  • History
  • Social history
  • Social evolution
  • Social science
  • Home economics

2 About Bill Bryson

Born 1951

William McGuire Bryson ( BRYE-sən; born 8 December 1951) is an American journalist and author who was naturalized as a British citizen in 2014. Bryson has written nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Bryson moved to Britain in his twenties and remained in the country for most of his adult life. However, he periodically returned to live in the U.S. such as between 1995 and 2003.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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