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Science Fiction · 2010 · G

At Home

by Bill Bryson

A walk through a Victorian house becomes a tour of all human history.

ForAll agesGenreScience FictionLength562 pagesRead time~15 hours

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Violence

None

Historical references to disease and death; no graphic violence

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

None

Themes of domestic history, invention, and the evolution of everyday life

What this book is about

Bryson's 2010 history uses each room of his Norfolk rectory as a window into the history of everything from plague to the salt trade. Brief discussions of historical violence and disease. Appropriate for all ages.

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