📗 Libro en inglés THE BOOKSHOP, THE DRAPER, THE CANDLESTICK MAKER

Annie Gray s fascinating history of a British institution in crisis illuminates and entertains GREG JENNER Properly immersive full of juicy sensory detail Annie Gray s romp down British high streets through the centuries is a blast TESSA BOASEBustling with rich detail historical vignettes and surprising wares this is the story of Britain s best loved but ever changing public spaces What makes a high street It s certainly not just about the shopping these thoroughfares are often the beating heart of our towns and cities and by extension of the people who use them As spaces where local life and culture unfolds our high streets can be playgrounds of personal indulgence and community spirit or sites of contentious debate and politicking Historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages from medieval marketplaces to the purpose built concrete precincts of the twentieth century Peeping through the windows of tailors tearooms and grocers we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear where curiosities were sold for adults not children to the birth of brands we shop at today Vibrant and enticing The Bookshop The Draper The Candlestick Maker is an essential reflection on how we shopped and lived in days gone by and wha