**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

The book begins with the River Thames, which - from its surly water-men to its great occasions - played such a central part in the city's life. Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the author’s passionate interest in the practical details of everyday life – and the conditions in which most people lived - so often ignored in conventional history books. It moves on to the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework and shopping; clothes, jewellery and make-up; health and medicine; sex and food; education, etiquette and hobbies; religion, law and crime.