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Home Truths: An Alternative History of Every House
Bill Laws
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Description for Home Truths: An Alternative History of Every House
Paperback. Home Truths uncovers the strange and often bizarre stories behind the inventions, and inventors, that have shaped our homes. From dado rails and stencilling - which date from Roman times - noggins and newel posts to power showers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Home Truths uncovers the strange and often bizarre stories behind the inventions, and inventors, that have shaped our homes. From dado rails and stencilling – which date from Roman times – noggins and newel posts to power showers, lights and lightning rods, wallpapers and windows, floors and fitted kitchens, Bill Laws’s book takes us on a journey of discovery that exposes the true secrets behind our four walls. Included here are the incredible flying fitted kitchens, the true saga behind the Aga, Mr Chubb’s great lock scandal and how front doors were changed forever by the penny post, while the ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752458595
SKU
V9780752458595
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Bill Laws
BILL LAWS has written seven books on garden history; his last title, Artist's Gardens (Ward Lock, 1999) has sold 20,000 copies in the UK. He writes for The Telegraph, Sainsbury's Magazine and Period House. Formerly a professional gardener, he manages an organic garden on the Welsh borders.
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