At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Book Review: At Home - A Short History of Private Life by Bill BrysonBryson makes his writings so very interesting due to the very fact that he infuses his own imagination, satire and humour into it. His study of human nature and human history are revealed in a tour of his own home, a remarkable way to discuss history, but he somehow pulls it off.Although he is not familiar about the rector who built his home in the mid 19th century, he then goes on to tell us about some religious people he does know of. The church was originally meant and designed for the upper class he goes on to say, it was not originally invented for studying religion.Bryson is from the states but has lived in England for a while and gives the readers an inside account of England as he see's it. The history of the 18th century amateur mathematician is revealed. A man named Reverend Bayes whose theorem had no practical use whatsoever until many, many years later when the computer was invented! This theore
m is now used thought-out the worlds most complex technology systems, like the stock market and advanced computational tools.Readers who are already familiar with Bryson's works realizes that although he is taking us on a tour of his home, he manages to explain the historic world at the same time.He uses examples to describe things, one such example is the humble salt and peper pots on your dinner table, these he goes on to explain are there only because many people have brutally died.If you enjoy astounding facts and amusing anecdotes then Bill Bryson's witty and fluent book At Home, A Short History of Private Life is for you.

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